Performing Femininity: Rewriting Gender Identity
(Part of the Ethnographic Alternatives Series)
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Humorous yet touching, Performing Femininity challenges traditional and feminist perspectives on gender. As "a woman whose brand of feminism is suspect," Lesa Lockford places herself in the most shameful, the most abject circumstances: an image obsessed weight-watcher, an exotic dancer, and a theatrical performer. By exposing herself to the abject, she reclaims her body's symbolic value from society. This experimental autoethnography provides...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:075910073X
ISBN13:9780759100732
Release Date:September 2004
Publisher:Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
Length:175 Pages
Weight:0.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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