Sissy! : the effeminate paradox in postwar US literature and culture / Harry Thomas Jr.

By:

Thomas, Harry, Jr, 1977- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780817391485

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

PS228 .S577 2017

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Contents:

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.

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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.

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