Sissy! : the effeminate paradox in postwar US literature and culture /
Thomas, Harry, Jr., 1977-
Sissy! : the effeminate paradox in postwar US literature and culture / Harry Thomas Jr. - Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource (xiv, 240 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: Saying "Oh yeah!" to sissies: fascinating effeminacy defined -- The sympathetic sissy: Carson McCullers, Truman Capote, and fascinating effeminacy in postwar US literature -- The straight-acting gay man versus the truth-telling queen: Gore Vidal, James Baldwin, and gay men's debates about effeminacy -- "I [heart] boys who sparkle": straight female fandom and fascinating effeminacy -- Amplifying the paradox: effeminacy in the age of HIV/AIDS -- "The sissy triumphant": fascinating effeminacy goes mainstream -- Conclusion: "Our makeup is terrible, but I love you anyway": why fascinating effeminacy matters in the twenty-first century.
9780817391485
Effeminacy in literature.
American literature--History and criticism.--20th century
American literature--History and criticism.--21st century
American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
American fiction--History and criticism.--21st century
Men in literature.
Effeminacy--United States.
Electronic Books.
PS228 / .S577 2017
Sissy! : the effeminate paradox in postwar US literature and culture / Harry Thomas Jr. - Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource (xiv, 240 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: Saying "Oh yeah!" to sissies: fascinating effeminacy defined -- The sympathetic sissy: Carson McCullers, Truman Capote, and fascinating effeminacy in postwar US literature -- The straight-acting gay man versus the truth-telling queen: Gore Vidal, James Baldwin, and gay men's debates about effeminacy -- "I [heart] boys who sparkle": straight female fandom and fascinating effeminacy -- Amplifying the paradox: effeminacy in the age of HIV/AIDS -- "The sissy triumphant": fascinating effeminacy goes mainstream -- Conclusion: "Our makeup is terrible, but I love you anyway": why fascinating effeminacy matters in the twenty-first century.
9780817391485
Effeminacy in literature.
American literature--History and criticism.--20th century
American literature--History and criticism.--21st century
American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
American fiction--History and criticism.--21st century
Men in literature.
Effeminacy--United States.
Electronic Books.
PS228 / .S577 2017