Coopoly - Logo
Coopoly - Logo
Skin
Skin
Member Price: $21.99 (what is it?)
Regular Price: $21.99
   (Quantity: 1)
Availability:
Ebook in EPUB format. Available for immediate download after we receive your order
Publisher:
Open Road Media
DRM:
Watermark
Publication Year:
2013
ISBN-13: 9781480426603
Description:
<DIV><b>A collection of critical essays from award-winning author Dorothy Allison about identity, gender politics, and queer theory, now with a new preface</b></div><DIV><BR>Lambda Award and American Library Association&rsquo;s Stonewall Book Award&ndash;winning author Dorothy Allison is known for her bold and insightful writing on issues of class and sexuality. In <i>Skin</i>, she approaches these topics through twenty-three impassioned essays that explore her identity&mdash;from her childhood in a poor family in South Carolina to her adult life as a lesbian in the suburbs of New York&mdash;and her sexuality.</div><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV>In &ldquo;Gun Crazy,&rdquo; Allison delves into what guns meant to the men and women around her when she was growing up. She gives insight into the importance of speaking professionally about sexuality in &ldquo;Talking to Straight People,&rdquo; and articulates the danger women feel about revealing their personal desires, even within feminist communities, in &ldquo;Public Silence, Private Terror.&rdquo; Allison is fearless in her discussion of many social and political taboos. Compelling and raw, <i>Skin</i> is an honest and intimate work&mdash;perfect for Dorothy Allison fans and new readers alike.</div>