Sissy! : the effeminate paradox in postwar US literature and culture / Harry Thomas Jr.
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TextPublication details: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, (c)2017.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 240 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9780817391485
- Effeminacy in literature
- American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- American literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism
- American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- American fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism
- Men in literature
- Effeminacy -- United States
- PS228 .S577 2017
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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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