- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Vintage Books USA; Reprint edition (April 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0679757015
- ISBN-13: 978-0679757016
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 12.9 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 404,928 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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""Gender Outlaw is an eye-opening book, combining the emotional force of a coming-of-age story with a savvy cultural critique.."
-"Out
"[Kate Borstein] offers us an abundance of questions--thoughtful, disarming, revelatory questions. "Gender Outlaw is an invitation to dialogue, and it's a conversation well worth having.."
-"Ms.
"Gender Outlaw is a radical document. . .."
-"The Nation
"a pastiche of oddments--dreams and memories, influences and quotations, fresh ideas and numerous received wisdoms. . .."
-Richard McCann, author of Ghost Letters
"In an age of often hostilely expressed gender politics, Ms. Bornstein gently leads audiences through her own psychic labyrinth without antagonism. She is sweet, sincere, lucid and sometimes as corny as Kansas in August. She really should have her own television show."
-"New York Times
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
-"Out
"[Kate Borstein] offers us an abundance of questions--thoughtful, disarming, revelatory questions. "Gender Outlaw is an invitation to dialogue, and it's a conversation well worth having.."
-"Ms.
"Gender Outlaw is a radical document. . .."
-"The Nation
"a pastiche of oddments--dreams and memories, influences and quotations, fresh ideas and numerous received wisdoms. . .."
-Richard McCann, author of Ghost Letters
"In an age of often hostilely expressed gender politics, Ms. Bornstein gently leads audiences through her own psychic labyrinth without antagonism. She is sweet, sincere, lucid and sometimes as corny as Kansas in August. She really should have her own television show."
-"New York Times
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Part coming-of-age story, part mind-altering manifesto on gender and sexuality, coming directly to you from the life experiences of a transsexual woman, Gender Outlaw breaks all the rules and leaves the reader forever changed.26 black-and-white illustrations.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
'Gender Outlaw' by Kate Bornstein has rapidly found itself becoming established as one of the books to read amongst the transgendered community and delving into the book it is easy to see why. Kate is not afraid to stand back and take a look at the concept of gender taking it apart piece by piece and posing some questions about gender that had probably never been thought off. Combine this questioning stance with pictures and extracts from her life and the book makes compelling reading. Ultimately the book is fascinating especially if you are interested in gender concepts or questioning your own although it should perhaps be noted that at times it can be a very difficult read.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
It's a while since I read Kate Bornstein's *Gender Outlaw*, but my overall impression is that it is a pathbreaking book which drags (!) transsexuality out of the ghetto and into the homes of 'ordinary' people.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Kate Bornstein takes the whole concept of gender and rips it to pieces fantastically well. Personally I wasn't overly interested in the oft repeated (throughout the TG community) shamanic references and history of 'gender blur' as she calls it but the rest of the book makes fascinating reading. Her play "Hidden: A gender" is included in the book and makes stunning reading...to describe it as hard hitting doesn't even come close! All in all this book should make interesting reading for everyone but really should be a required text for any transexual struggling to clamber out of the closet (haven't we all been there?). You'll feel 10 foot tall after reading this one!
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Challange Your Assumptions
If you want to challenge your assumptions about the role of gender in society, read "Gender Outlaw," or any book by Kate Bornstein. Better yet, listen to her speak. Read more
Published on 24 Dec 1998
The Freaks come out at night 101
Take boring feminist theory, victim ideology and throw in a trans-"gender" and you have "Gender Outlaw". Kate Bornstein's book throws in every two bit cliche. Read more
Published on 22 July 1998
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