{"product_id":"book-gx2b","title":"Female Masculinity","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this quintessential work of queer theory, Jack Halberstam takes aim at the protected status of male masculinity and shows that female masculinity has offered a distinct alternative to it for well over two centuries. Demonstrating how female masculinity is not some bad imitation of virility, but a lively and dramatic staging of hybrid and minority genders, Halberstam catalogs the diversity of gender expressions among masculine women from 19th-century pre-lesbian practices to contemporary drag-king performances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough detailed textual readings as well as empirical research, Halberstam uncovers a hidden history of female masculinities while arguing for a more nuanced understanding of gender categories that would incorporate rather than pathologize them. He rereads Anne Lister's diaries and Radclyffe Hall's \u003ci\u003eThe Well of Loneliness\u003c\/i\u003e as foundational assertions of female masculine identity; considers the enigma of the stone butch and the politics surrounding butch\/femme roles within lesbian communities; and explores issues of transsexuality among “transgender dykes”—lesbians who pass as men—and female-to-male transsexuals who may find the label of “lesbian” a temporary refuge. Halberstam also tackles such topics as women and boxing, butches in Hollywood and independent cinema, and the phenomenon of male impersonators.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing a new preface by the author, this 20th anniversary edition of \u003ci\u003eFemale Masculinity\u003c\/i\u003e remains as insightful, timely, and necessary as ever. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Audible","offers":[{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":67902972231984,"sku":"ZEgx2b","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [10]","offer_id":49355219271984,"sku":"10gx2b","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/gx2b-Square-cover.webp?v=1790798504","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-gx2b","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}