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Description edit
Are bodies sexy? How, and in what sorts of ways? Sexy Bodies investigates the production of sexual bodies and sexual practices, sexualities of all kinds--dyke, bisexual, transracial, even heterosexual. While celebrating lesbian and queer sexualities, Sexy Bodies also explores what runs... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Winterson: Add a description of this character.
- Bessie Smith
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Deleuze
- Mcdougall
- Freda
- Mitsuko
- Cavani
- Ma Rainey
- Mary Fallon
- Louise
- Paglia
- Lacan
- Routledge
- Sedgwick
- Benedicte
- Paul Scott
- Henri
- Klossowski
- Butler
- Laqueur
- Dijkstra
- Hari Kumar
- Black
- Bergson
- Marx
- Ronald Merrick
- Mcclintock
- Robin White
- Boswell
- Grosz
- Paul Rée
- Nussbaum
- Kristeva
- John
- Freud
- Evie
Setting & Locations edit
- New york
- London
- Toto
- India
- Jordan
- Berlin Affair
- Calif.
- Paris
- Salomé
- Boston
- Chicago
- Britain
- Bloomington
- England
- Ithaca
- World’s Greatest Blues Singer
- Hollywood
- Berkeley
- Venice
- Raj Quartet
- Sydney
- United States
- Los Angeles
- Methuen
- America
- Body
- Beyond Good
- Hot Tin Roof
First Sentence edit
It is the winter of 1994 when all of the east of North America froze and here I am in San Diego with strains of T.S. Eliot going through my brain: 'A cold coming we had of it. . . .
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Routledge
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 0415098025
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Routledge
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 0415098025
Page Count: 320
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 306.7663
Subjects edit
- Books › Health, Mind & Body › Psychology & Counseling › Sexuality › Human
- Books › Health, Mind & Body › Sex › Sex Instruction › Lesbians
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Special Groups › Lesbian Studies
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology
- Books › Nonfiction › Women's Studies › Feminist Theory
- Books › Entertainment › Pop Culture › Art
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