TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thomas,Harry
TI  - Sissy!: the effeminate paradox in postwar US literature and culture 
SN  - 9780817391485
AV  - PS228 .S577 2017
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Tuscaloosa
PB  - The University of Alabama Press
KW  - Effeminacy in literature
KW  - American literature
KW  - 20th century
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - 21st century
KW  - American fiction
KW  - Men in literature
KW  - Effeminacy
KW  - United States
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
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