Full of pain and sadness, stone butch blues thoughtfully reflects on workingclass lesbian life in america across the twentieth centurys second half. Feinberg was the first theorist to advance a marxist concept of transgender liberation. Stone butch blues is a 1993 semiautobiographical novel by writer and activist leslie feinberg. Editions of stone butch blues by leslie feinberg goodreads. Stone butch blues project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. This summarystudy guide is a great companion to the novel and very helpful in keeping track of the various characters that come and go throughout the novel. Leslie feinberg is the author of stone butch blues, and also the author of trans liberation, trans gender warriors, and transgender liberation, and is a noted activist and speaker on transgender issues. Stone butch blues by leslie feinberg was probably my all time favorite book. A stone butch has every reason to feel the blues in leslie feinbergs criticallyacclaimed, awardwinning novel stone butch blues. Stone butch blues a novel rent 9781555838539 1555838537.
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The 20th anniversary authors edition of stone butch blues is available in multiple formats. Starting in the 50s, the comingofage novel follows jess goldberg, a jewish tomboy, as she runs away from her repressive home in upstate new york, in search of community, acceptance, and purpose. Frustrated stereotyping in leslie feinbergs stone butch blues. If you only watch two movies before this years oscars, youre not gonna want to miss these. She is happy wearing her roy rogers outfit, even in temple. Jess, the narrator of stone butch blues, spends the space of the novel looking for a way to authentically exist in the world at large. Why is it so hard to find leslie feinbergs stone butch blues. She wrote several books during her lifetime including stone butch blues, transgender warriors. May 19, 2019 open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.
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She received numerous awards including the lambda literary award and the american library association gay and lesbian book award. Highly recommended, i dont know if i would have gotten as much out of the novel without this, but im glad i did. Buy a cheap copy of stone butch blues book by leslie feinberg. From her earliest memories, jess goldberg knew she was painfully different from other girls. Leslie feinberg worked up to a few days before hir death to ready the 20th anniversary authors edition of stone butch blues, to make it available to all, for free. Gay, lesbian, and bisexual book award american library association, 1994 lambda literary award, 1993 jess goldberg decides to come out as a butch in the bars and factories of the prefeminist 60s and then to pass as a man in order to survive when she is left without work or a community in the early 70s. Goodreads members who liked stone butch blues also liked. Stone butch blues book by leslie feinberg thriftbooks. Buy stone butch blues study guide by ebook online at lulu. Stone butch blues, leslie feinbergs 1993 first novel, is considered in and outside the u. Apr 30, 2015 in march of 1993, transgender activist leslie feinberg published a coming of age novel titled stone butch blues. Some people in society stray from the norms and become gender variant.