Stone Butch Blues
- Authors
- Feinberg, Leslie
- Publisher
- Alyson Books
- Tags
- coming out (sexual orientation) , feminism , transsexuals , lesbians , classics
- ISBN
- 9781555838539
- Date
- 1993-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.58 MB
- Lang
- en
Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Book Award (American Library Association), 1994
Lambda Literary Award, 1993
Woman or man? This internationally acclaimed novel looks at the world through the eyes of Jess Goldberg, a masculine girl growing up in the "Ozzie and Harriet" McCarthy era and coming out as a young butch lesbian in the pre-Stonewall gay drag bars of a blue-collar town. Stone Butch Blues traces a propulsive journey, powerfully evoking history and politics while portraying an extraordinary protagonist full of longing, vulnerability, and working-class grit. This once-underground classic takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride of gender transformation and exploration and ultimately speaks to the heart of anyone who has ever suffered or gloried in being different.