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Read My Lips: Sexual Subversion and the End of Gender [Illustrated] (Paperback)

by Riki Anne Wilchins (Author)
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  • Paperback: 234 pages
  • Publisher: Firebrand Books,U.S.; illustrated edition edition (Oct 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1563410907
  • ISBN-13: 978-1563410901
  • Product Dimensions: 21.7 x 14 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 497,895 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars thank got for good books, 13 Jan 2004
I was geting used to being a bit of a voice in the wilderness as far as postmodernist aproches to gender went. I'd talk to other trans people and wonder why they hadn't realised that gender was mearly a dominant discorse, that gender performance is about acting a part rather than something inate...then I discoverd this book and realised I wasn't mad.

The 'subversive glossery' is hilarious.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Well Thought Out Book, 17 April 1999
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I got this book because my brother has recently broken down the walls he built up around himself to find he is really a she. I had in the past read Julia Grant's "Just Julia" out of casual interest and lending her this book in fact helped her identify herself. However I was after more details on Transexuality and Gender in general. This book has met this need very nicely. As someone from England I guess it is not the most relevant book since it deals with the Politics going on in America. But once you get through the first half of the book it really becomes mind challenging and I have to agree with a lot of Riki's points. As a new chapter start I would at first wonder what she was going on about but as I got to the end I felt I had a pretty good understanding and insight. The were lots of passages I thought I ought to remember and use for examples in future should anyone feel like discussing Gender with me.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Transfriendly Gay Male Scholar Writes..., 3 April 1999
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I love this book, which adds to the burgeoning collection of work by transgender theorists on their lives and critical perceptions about them. As a fellow Foucault junkie, I like the way that Riki Ann has factored the instability of bodies and truth into this work. As a gay male in a women's studies programme that is very open to transgender theory, I welcome and value Riki's work as a contribution. Rest assured, the other tribes within the queer nation want to listen to what you have to say.Riki, please write something else, soon!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Compelling!
If you're sick and tired of academic treatises on gender equality, read this book - it's a breath of fresh air. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Most lucid and intelligent book I have read on the subject
As the straight as-yet-not-ex-wife of a transvestite man, I am trying to find readings to help me explain my situation to myself, as well as to friends or relatives. Read more
Published on 11 April 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars Transexual Menace
Part autobiography, part feminist theory, part humor, Riki Anne Wilchins' book has brought the dialogue on gender up to date. Read more
Published on 5 Dec 1997

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