Skin
Talking About Sex, Class, and Literature
Dorothy Allison
- 261 pages
- English
- ePUB (adapté aux mobiles)
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Skin
Talking About Sex, Class, and Literature
Dorothy Allison
Ă propos de ce livre
A collection of critical essays from award-winning author Dorothy Allison about identity, gender politics, and queer theory, now with a new preface
Lambda Award and American Library Association's Stonewall Book Awardâwinning author Dorothy Allison is known for her bold and insightful writing on issues of class and sexuality. In Skin, she approaches these topics through twenty-three impassioned essays that explore her identityâfrom her childhood in a poor family in South Carolina to her adult life as a lesbian in the suburbs of New Yorkâand her sexuality. In "Gun Crazy, " Allison delves into what guns meant to the men and women around her when she was growing up. She gives insight into the importance of speaking professionally about sexuality in "Talking to Straight People, " and articulates the danger women feel about revealing their personal desires, even within feminist communities, in "Public Silence, Private Terror." Allison is fearless in her discussion of many social and political taboos. Compelling and raw, Skin is an honest and intimate workâperfect for Dorothy Allison fans and new readers alike.