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Stone Butch Blues: A Novel

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Author: Leslie Feinberg
Publisher: Alyson Books
Category: Book

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Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7

ISBN: 1555838537
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781555838539
ASIN: 1555838537

Publication Date: April 1, 2004
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
PPublished in 1993, this brave, original novel is considered to be the finest account ever written of the complexities of a transgendered existence./PPWoman or man? That's the question that rages like a storm around Jess Goldberg, clouding her life and her identity. Growing up differently gendered in a blue--collar town in the 1950's, coming out as a butch in the bars and factories of the prefeminist '60s, deciding to pass as a man in order to survive when she is left without work or a community in the early '70s. This powerful, provocative and deeply moving novel sees Jess coming full circle, she learns to accept the complexities of being a transgendered person in a world demanding simple explanations: a he-she emerging whole, weathering the turbulence./PPLeslie Feinberg is also the author of ITrans Liberation/I, ITrans Gender Warriors /Iand ITransgender Liberation/I, and is a noted activist and speaker on transgender issues. /P

Customer Reviews: Read 67 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Loved this book. August 10, 2008
I finally just read this book after having it on my "to-read" list for far too long. I'm appreciative of "Stone Butch Blues" on so many levels! It's amazing to read something that relates to you in a very meaningful way and this book does that for me. I think the author did a wonderful job of injecting details of historic importance into the story. A very needed and well-executed book for our community.

5 out of 5 stars

Mom loved it too July 16, 2008
When I first read this book a few years back, I remember crying through parts and never being able to put the book down.br /Then my mom requested a copy for her book club. She loved it too.

5 out of 5 stars

Wonderful May 27, 2008
I needed this book for a class, last minute. It arrived within a matter of days, saving me from getting behind. It was wonderful. :)

5 out of 5 stars

A Deeply Moving Novel January 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This novel/memoir chronicles the world of a working class lesbian, gay, and transgendered people from the days before Stonewall to the present. It is a classic and probably the most important book available about transgender issues. I cried reading it on the train.br /br /Feinberg is a committed communist, and some of the scenes involving worker solidarity are a contrived, but the book is well written and deeply moving. The scenes of gay bashing are, I should warn you, horrific, but this is a book very much worth reading.

4 out of 5 stars

Butch to Butch September 20, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

Leslie's book is not easy for many because of the truth behind the story. Butch, by Jay Rayn is a great book based on poignant truth and is now combined(Butch I and Butch II) in its re-release. Get all three. True insight into a Butch's world.

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