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Winner of the Elizabeth Agee Prize in American Literature An innovative exploration of postwar representations of effeminate men and boys Sissy!The Effeminate Paradox in Postwar US Literature and Culture expands on recent cultural criticism that focuses on the ways men and boys deemed to be feminine have been—and continue to be—condemned for their personalities and behavior. Critic Harry Thomas Jr. does not dismiss this approach, but rather identifies it as merely one side of a coin. On the other side, he asserts, the opposite exists: an American artistic tradition that celebrates and affirms effeminate masculinity. The author argues that effeminate men and boys are generally portrayed using the grotesque, an artistic mode concerned with the depictions of hybrid bodies. Thomas argues that the often grotesque imagery used to depict effeminate men evokes a complicated array of emotions, a mix of revulsion and fascination that cannot be completely separated from one another. Thomas looks to the sissies in the 1940s novels of Truman Capote and Carson McCullers; the truth-telling flaming princesses of James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room; the superstardom of pop culture icon Liberace; the pr

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Author

Thomas, Harry, Jr., Harry Thomas

Publisher

University of Alabama Press; University Alabama Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780817359720

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction, History

Rating

5 / 5 (2 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14