Title: Masculinities without men?
Description: "This groundbreaking study maps historical similarities in fictional, cultural, and representational practices between the periods of modernism and postmodernism. Noble examines nineteenth-century sexology, drama, and trial transcripts, and late twentieth-century counter-cultural fiction, popular film and documentaries, and theoretical texts. Among the works analyzed closely are texts that have been the focus of lesbian, queer, and feminist theory: Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness, Leslie Feinberg's Stone Butch Blues, and the film Boys Don't Cry. These, as Noble illustrates, make use of similar types of narratives, structures, and thematic techniques to articulate female masculinity. Also included is an exploration of Rose Tremain's Sacred Country, which has never before been studied within this context. Through a critical examination of these texts, Noble demonstrates that trans-gendered and trans-sexual masculinity began to emerge as a unique category in late twentieth-century fiction, distinct from lesbian or female masculinity."--Jacket.
Subjects: Fiction, Gender identity in literature, History and criticism, Lesbianism in literature, Masculinity in literature, Women in motion pictures, Lesbianism, Fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, Modern Literature, Identité sexuelle dans la littérature, Lesbianisme dans la littérature, Masculinité dans la littérature, Littérature moderne, Histoire et critique
Time periods: 20th century