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Bezig met laden... A Woman Like That: Lesbian and Bisexual Writers Tell Their Coming Out Storiesdoor Joan Larkin (Redacteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Although these stories were incredibly personal, I found myself unable to relate to several of them and even lost interest in a few as I wondered where the author was going with their story. However, it was an overall good read. The proof, I suppose, is evident from my markings throughout the book and my interest in the authors works beyond their contribution to this literary work. ( ) As the title implies, this book is a collection of "coming out stories" by lesbian and bisexual writers. Very few of the stories are what we today would canonically think of as "coming out" stories of the sort, "this is what happened when my parents/friends/coworkers/etc. found out I'm not straight." As Joan Larkin explains in the introduction, much of coming out begins with self-realization, so many of these stories are self-realization stories. There were two big things I noticed with this book. First, even though it was only published in 2000, it is rather dated: even the younger storytellers in the book have their identities wrapped up in Second Wave feminism, making their stories less relevant to young women today. Many of the writers are even older; these are all interesting stories, yes, but they all without fail come across as sorely dated. Secondly, these are coming out stories written by writers: few are told with a simple straightforward "so this is what happened and this is how I felt" manner. Furthermore, for many of these women, the process of self-realization and coming out—understandably—is wrapped up with her development as a writer and development in a community of women writers. So with these caveats in mind, I mostly only recommend this book to people specifically interested in the history (of feminism, gay life, and writing) involved. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
The act of "coming out" has the power to transform every aspect of a woman's life: family, friendships, career, sexuality, spirituality. An essential element of self-realization, it is the unabashed acceptance of one's "outlaw" standing in a predominantly heterosexual world. These accounts -- sometimes heart-wrenching, often exhilarating -- encompass a wide breadth of backgrounds and experiences. From a teenager institutionalized for her passion for women to the mother who must come out to her young sons at the risk of losing them -- from the cautious academic to the raucous liberated femme -- each woman represented here tells of forging a unique path toward the difficult but emancipating recognition of herself. Extending from the 1940s to the present day, these intensely personal stories in turn reflect a unique history of the changing social mores that affected each woman's ability to determine the shape of her own life. Together they form an ornate tapestry of lesbian and bisexual experience in the United States over the past half-century. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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