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Skin: Talking About Sex, Class and Literature (Paperback)

by Dorothy Allison (Author)
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Rivers Oram Press/Pandora List; 2nd edition edition (1 Jan 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0044409443
  • ISBN-13: 978-0044409441
  • Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 13.6 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 934,558 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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In this collection of essays, autobiographical narratives and performance pieces, the author probes the meaning of all these identities with humour, passion and conviction, as she works out what it means to be queer and happy in a world still arguing about what it means to be queer.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, thought provoking, shocking and inspiring., 2 Feb 2002
These essays are part poetry, part confessional, part story and part critical analysis. They are an exploration of Dorothy Allison's life, her writing, her beliefs and her sexuality. Each essay treats a different subject, although there are continuing themes seen throughout the collection, and each essay has a unique style. Allison discusses incredibly difficult and private subjects, such as her experience of rape, of physical and psychological abuse as a child, her deep love and desire for women, and her conflicted but very close relationship with her mother, with sensitivity and insight. Allison also possesses an amazing capacity for laughing both at herself and the actions of the world in general.
Well in no way light holiday entertainment I recommend this collection of essays as inspiring read, and a refreshing change from the kind of bestseller novels which glide over both your brain and your emotions without leaving a noticable impact. This book is a lesson in survival, revealing the struggle of an individual against the harsh realities of growing up female, poor, working class, and lesbian in the Southern states of America, and it is not a book to be missed.
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