Ann Bannon
Autore di Odd Girl Out
Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: Photo by Kel Munger
Serie
Opere di Ann Bannon
Bebo Brinker: Volume II 1 copia
Opere correlate
All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists (2004) — Collaboratore — 552 copie
Lesbian Pulp Fiction: The Sexually Intrepid World of Lesbian Paperback Novels 1950-1965 (2005) — Collaboratore — 173 copie
Strange Sisters: The Art of Lesbian Pulp Fiction 1949-1969 (1999) — Prefazione, alcune edizioni — 159 copie
Through the Hourglass - Lesbian Historical Romance: A Lizzie's Bedtime Stories Anthology (2015) — Collaboratore — 7 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- Weldy, Ann
- Data di nascita
- 1932-09-15
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Joliet, Illinois, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Sacramento, California, USA
Joliet, Illinois, USA (birth) - Istruzione
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (BA|French, 1954)
Sacramento State University (MA)
Stanford University (PhD|Linguistics) - Attività lavorative
- novelist
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 10
- Opere correlate
- 7
- Utenti
- 1,750
- Popolarità
- #14,701
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 27
- ISBN
- 43
- Lingue
- 4
- Preferito da
- 4
I wasn't expecting much from Beebo Brinker before I read it, which contributed to how much I enjoyed it. I was trying to keep my expectations low for this as well (because---shockingly---I am totally fascinated with Beebo and I knew she was a more minor character), and was again surprised.
Sam keeps making fun of me for reading pulps, and I keep telling her that she needs to read them so she can at least understand exactly what she's mocking. I don't even know what I like about them, exactly. They make no bones about being trashy; they have an aura of cheapness and they are rushed and convenient and ridiculous in places. And yet I get very involved with the characters and completely wrapped up in their world.
I was kind of surprised by the heavy-duty issues (apart from homosexuality, of course) that got brought up.
The characters' attitude toward sex is surprisingly up to date, but their attitudes toward many other things are not. I think that's another reason I like these books: they remind me how much I don't have to face in my daily life, and how much has changed in such a short time. (Would I work as an elevator operator just to be able to wear pants?) While I am becoming reasonably confident in dressing as I prefer for work, attitudes towards (and protections for) transgender people are still for the most part stuck in the fifties. Things are starting to change, but here's hoping it takes less time.
Ooh, ooh, and now I know why a butchy friend has a dachshund named Nix!!… (altro)