Marlon Ross, Sissy Insurgencies
A Racial Anatomy of Unfit Manliness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12997221 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marietta Kosma (0000-0002-4698-7715, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Publication date | 2023-11-07 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1991-9336 • E-ISSN: 1991-9336 |
| Publisher | European Association for American Studies (PUBLISHER • FR) |
| DOI | 10.4000/ejas.21256 |
| OpenAlex | W4389785083 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
In Sissy Insurgencies, Marlon B. Ross examines the figure of the sissy in order to reevaluate how Americans have articulated and negotiated boyhood and manhood from the 1880s to the present. Ross explores how we define the policing of masculinity within the spectrum of both blackness and queerness while being rooted in insecurity. Instead of equating sissiness with homosexuality, Ross depicts how sissiness constitutes a historically fluid range of gender practices that describe those who do n
| Highly cited | No |
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