02917nam 22006374a 450 991045037170332120200520144314.00-8147-8474-70-8147-2406-X(CKB)1000000000004774(EBL)866154(OCoLC)779828446(SSID)ssj0000281549(PQKBManifestationID)11205274(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000281549(PQKBWorkID)10307512(PQKB)10378471(MiAaPQ)EBC866154(OCoLC)55638562(MdBmJHUP)muse10851(Au-PeEL)EBL866154(CaPaEBR)ebr10032512(EXLCZ)99100000000000477420001024d2001 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLooking like what you are[electronic resource] sexual style, race, and lesbian identity /Lisa WalkerNew York New York University Pressc20011 online resource (307 p.)The Cutting Edge: Lesbian Life and Literature SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8147-9372-X 0-8147-9371-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-265) and index.Contents; Preface; Introduction: In/visible Differences; 1. Martyred Butches and Impossible Femmes:Radclyffe Hall and the Modern Lesbian; 2. Debutante in Harlem: Blair Niles's Strange Brother; 3. Lesbian Pulp in Black and White; 4. Strategies of Identification in Three Narratives ofFemale Development; 5. How to Recognize a Lesbian: The Cultural Politicsof Looking Like What You Are; Epilogue; Notes; Works Cited; Index; About the AuthorLooks can be deceiving, and in a society where one's status and access to opportunity are largely attendant on physical appearance, the issue of how difference is constructed and interpreted, embraced or effaced, is of tremendous import. Lisa Walker examines this issue with a focus on the questions of what it means to look like a lesbian, and what it means to be a lesbian but not to look like one. She analyzes the historical production of the lesbian body as marked, and studies how lesbians have used the frequent analogy between racial difference and sexual orientation to craft, emphasize, orCutting edge (New York, N.Y.)LesbiansIdentityLesbianismHomosexualityElectronic books.LesbiansIdentity.Lesbianism.Homosexuality.305.48/9664Walker Lisa1965-1038034MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450371703321Looking like what you are2459355UNINA