Passing: Identity and Interpretation in Sexuality, Race, and Religion
(Part of the Sexual Cultures Series)
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Passing for what you are not--whether it is mulattos passing as white, Jews passing as Christian, or drag queens passing as women--can be a method of protection or self-defense. But it can also be a uniquely pleasurable experience, one that trades on the erotics of secrecy and revelation. It is precisely passing's radical playfulness, the way it asks us to reconsider our assumptions and forces our most cherished fantasies of identity to self-destruct,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0814781225
ISBN13:9780814781227
Release Date:August 2001
Publisher:New York University Press
Length:283 Pages
Weight:1.12 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.2" x 9.5"
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