Masculinities without men? : female masculinity in twentieth-century fictions

Summary: "This groundbreaking study maps historical similarities in fictional, cultural, and representational practices between the periods of modernism and postmodernism. Noble examines nineteenth-century sexology, drama, and trial transcripts, and late twentieth-century counter-cultural fiction, popular film and documentaries, and theoretical texts. Among the works analyzed closely are texts that have been the focus of lesbian, queer, and feminist theory: Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness, Leslie Feinberg's Stone Butch Blues, and the film Boys Don't Cry. These, as Noble illustrates, make use of similar types of narratives, structures, and thematic techniques to articulate female masculinity. Also included is an exploration of Rose Tremain's Sacred Country, which has never before been studied within this context. Through a critical examination of these texts, Noble demonstrates that trans-gendered and trans-sexual masculinity began to emerge as a unique category in late twentieth-century fiction, distinct from lesbian or female masculinity."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 6613131202
ISBN: 9786613131201
ISBN: 0774809973
ISBN: 0774809965
ISBN: 9781283131209
ISBN: 128313120X
ISBN: 0774851899
ISBN: 9780774851893
ISBN: 0774809973
ISBN: 9780774809979
ISBN: 0774809965
ISBN: 9780774809962
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xlii, 180 pages).
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Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-176) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Alibis of essence and enemies within : at the well of obscenity -- Passionate fictions : Radclyffe Hall's The well of loneliness -- Impressions of the man : sacred countries and the Stone butch blues -- Boys do cry : Hilary Swank and the politics of a pronoun -- Postscript : notes towards a radical (re)thinking of the politics of gender.
Language Note:	English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.