As Nature Made Him / John Colapinto

Public ISBD Titre : As Nature Made Him : The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : John Colapinto, Auteur Editeur : Harper Perennial Année de publication : 2006 Importance : 336 pages ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-06-112056-5 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Documentaire Documentaire: - Généralités:Intersexuation Documentaire:Biographies, Témoignages, Mémoires:Mémoires et autobiographies Documentaire:Famille:Personnes LGBTI et leurs familles Documentaire:Sexe et genre Résumé : In 1967, after a twin baby boy suffered a botched circumcision, his family agreed to a radical treatment that would alter his gender. The case would become one of the most famous in modern medicine—and a total failure. As Nature Made Him tells the extraordinary story of David Reimer, who, when finally informed of his medical history, made the decision to live as a male. A macabre tale of medical arrogance, it is first and foremost a human drama of one man's—and one family's—amazing survival in the face of terrible odds. As Nature Made Him : The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl [texte imprimé] / John Colapinto, Auteur . - Harper Perennial, 2006 . - 336 pages. ISBN : 978-0-06-112056-5 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Documentaire Documentaire: - Généralités:Intersexuation Documentaire:Biographies, Témoignages, Mémoires:Mémoires et autobiographies Documentaire:Famille:Personnes LGBTI et leurs familles Documentaire:Sexe et genre Résumé : In 1967, after a twin baby boy suffered a botched circumcision, his family agreed to a radical treatment that would alter his gender. The case would become one of the most famous in modern medicine—and a total failure. As Nature Made Him tells the extraordinary story of David Reimer, who, when finally informed of his medical history, made the decision to live as a male. A macabre tale of medical arrogance, it is first and foremost a human drama of one man's—and one family's—amazing survival in the face of terrible odds.

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Equal Affections / David Leavitt

Public ISBD Titre : Equal Affections Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : David Leavitt (1961-....), Auteur Editeur : Harper Perennial Année de publication : 1988 Importance : 268 pages ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-06-097287-5 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Genres:Enfance / Relations familiales Genres:Humour Genres:Sentimental Littérature Littérature:- Roman Résumé : Equal Affections tells the story of the funny, loving, and tragic Cooper family. Louise, the indomitable matriarch, has had cancer for twenty years. Her son Danny, a lawyer, lives in a New Jersey suburb with his lover Walter, who is slowly growing obsessed with on-line sex; her daughter April is a lesbian activist and folk singer, who knows how to perform a do-it-yourself artificial insemination using basic kitchen utensils. As Louise battles the slow withdrawal of her husband and the ravages of her disease, and as the entire Cooper family struggles to come to terms with her illness, David Leavitt reveals the profound depth and compassion of his narrative command. "Leavitt has written from the point of view of a raging, self-dramatizing mother with clarity and with such compassion that we understand her bitterness and mourn her lost chances.” –– The New York Times Book Review Equal Affections [texte imprimé] / David Leavitt (1961-....), Auteur . - Harper Perennial, 1988 . - 268 pages. ISBN : 978-0-06-097287-5 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Genres:Enfance / Relations familiales Genres:Humour Genres:Sentimental Littérature Littérature:- Roman Résumé : Equal Affections tells the story of the funny, loving, and tragic Cooper family. Louise, the indomitable matriarch, has had cancer for twenty years. Her son Danny, a lawyer, lives in a New Jersey suburb with his lover Walter, who is slowly growing obsessed with on-line sex; her daughter April is a lesbian activist and folk singer, who knows how to perform a do-it-yourself artificial insemination using basic kitchen utensils. As Louise battles the slow withdrawal of her husband and the ravages of her disease, and as the entire Cooper family struggles to come to terms with her illness, David Leavitt reveals the profound depth and compassion of his narrative command. "Leavitt has written from the point of view of a raging, self-dramatizing mother with clarity and with such compassion that we understand her bitterness and mourn her lost chances.” –– The New York Times Book Review

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Lighthousekeeping / Jeanette Winterson

Public ISBD Titre : Lighthousekeeping Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Jeanette Winterson, Auteur Editeur : Harper Perennial Année de publication : 2004 Importance : Broché ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-00-718150-6 Prix : £8,99 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Genres:Fantaisie Genres:Tranche de vie Littérature:- Roman Représentation:Auteur.ice queer Représentation:Lesbienne Mots-clés : réalisme magique  phare  darwin  religion Résumé : Lighthousekeeping tells the tale of Silver ("My mother called me Silver. I was born part precious metal, part pirate."), an orphaned girl who is taken in by blind Mr. Pew, the mysterious and miraculously old keeper of a lighthouse on the Scottish coast. Pew tells Silver stories of Babel Dark, a nineteenth-century clergyman. Dark lived two lives: a public one mired in darkness and deceit and a private one bathed in the light of passionate love. For Silver, Dark's life becomes a map through her own darkness, into her own story, and, finally, into love. One of the most original and extraordinary writers of her generation, Jeanette Winterson has created a modern fable about the transformative power of storytelling. Note de contenu : tw : viol, violences conjugales Lighthousekeeping [texte imprimé] / Jeanette Winterson, Auteur . - Harper Perennial, 2004 . - Broché. ISBN : 978-0-00-718150-6 : £8,99 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Genres:Fantaisie Genres:Tranche de vie Littérature:- Roman Représentation:Auteur.ice queer Représentation:Lesbienne Mots-clés : réalisme magique  phare  darwin  religion Résumé : Lighthousekeeping tells the tale of Silver ("My mother called me Silver. I was born part precious metal, part pirate."), an orphaned girl who is taken in by blind Mr. Pew, the mysterious and miraculously old keeper of a lighthouse on the Scottish coast. Pew tells Silver stories of Babel Dark, a nineteenth-century clergyman. Dark lived two lives: a public one mired in darkness and deceit and a private one bathed in the light of passionate love. For Silver, Dark's life becomes a map through her own darkness, into her own story, and, finally, into love. One of the most original and extraordinary writers of her generation, Jeanette Winterson has created a modern fable about the transformative power of storytelling. Note de contenu : tw : viol, violences conjugales

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