false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171650369m/111378.jpg 111378 1 Anthropologist Esther Newton, second-wave feminist, butch from birth, and author of the groundbreaking 1972 study of drag, <I>Mother Camp</I>, here presents 20 engaged and engaging essays and book excerpts from the past three decades, ranging from political arguments to memoirs. Early in her academic career, Newton took a stand against the dry, "objective" writing style then being promoted in her field (and many others) as the social sciences sought to ally themselves with the hard sciences. The resulting prose is a curious but flexible hybrid well suited to Newton's related subject matters--sexual politics (including gender identity); the intersections of feminism and the academy; and her own evolving position as a butch lesbian in the academy, the lesbian and gay world, and the culture at large. Although Newton's early work is important and influential, some of the most striking pieces in this collection date from the 1990s, including Newton's critical and historical exploration of theatre as "gay anti-church"; her essay "Dick(less) Tracy and the Homecoming Queen," in which she tracks the election of the first-ever lesbian homecoming queen of Cherry Grove in the summer of 1994; and "My Butch Body," a memoir of her childhood and troubled youth. <I>--Regina Marler</I> 107272 1 10 2000 Margaret Mead Made Me Gay: Personal Essays, Public Ideas (Series Q) total:23|5:7|4:9|3:6|2:1| 23 91 52 2 0 0 false false Fri Mar 20 22:55:49 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 22:57:19 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Apr 16 07:54:56 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 23 07:52:54 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Mon Aug 17 01:07:33 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 01:07:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 10 05:37:35 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 05:37:35 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jul 10 04:20:57 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 04:20:57 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jun 27 12:52:15 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 12:52:15 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Fri Jun 05 14:40:41 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 14:40:41 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 02 15:28:42 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 15:28:42 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Apr 17 07:11:45 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 07:11:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Apr 07 08:31:35 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 08:31:35 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Apr 05 11:52:14 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 08:25:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Apr 02 21:27:14 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 13:17:13 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Apr 01 11:25:57 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 11:26:13 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Mar 22 08:44:32 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 08:44:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Mar 21 00:04:33 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 00:04:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Mar 20 05:57:43 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 05:57:43 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Mar 10 16:44:49 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 20:07:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jan 09 20:05:33 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 20:05:33 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Dec 31 22:56:56 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 22:56:56 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Dec 10 21:20:19 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 21:20:19 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=111378