LEADER 02999nam 22006614a 450 001 9910783040303321 005 20230607214803.0 010 $a0-8147-8474-7 010 $a0-8147-2406-X 024 7 $a10.18574/nyu/9780814724064 035 $a(CKB)1000000000004774 035 $a(EBL)866154 035 $a(OCoLC)779828446 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000281549 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11205274 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000281549 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10307512 035 $a(PQKB)10378471 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC866154 035 $a(OCoLC)55638562 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10851 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL866154 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10032512 035 $a(DE-B1597)547253 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814724064 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000004774 100 $a20001024d2001 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLooking like what you are$b[electronic resource] $esexual style, race, and lesbian identity /$fLisa Walker 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (307 p.) 225 1 $aThe Cutting Edge: Lesbian Life and Literature Series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-9372-X 311 $a0-8147-9371-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 251-265) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Author 330 $aLooks can be deceiving, and in a society where one's status and access to opportunity are largely attendant on physical appearance, the issue of how difference is constructed and interpreted, embraced or effaced, is of tremendous import. Lisa Walker examines this issue with a focus on the questions of what it means to look like a lesbian, and what it means to be a lesbian but not to look like one. She analyzes the historical production of the lesbian body as marked, and studies how lesbians have used the frequent analogy between racial difference and sexual orientation to craft, emphasize, or 410 0$aCutting edge (New York, N.Y.) 606 $aLesbians$xIdentity 606 $aLesbianism 606 $aHomosexuality 615 0$aLesbians$xIdentity. 615 0$aLesbianism. 615 0$aHomosexuality. 676 $a305.48/9664 700 $aWalker$b Lisa$f1965-$01577633 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783040303321 996 $aLooking like what you are$93856420 997 $aUNINA