Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword The Butch Anthropologist Out in the Field ix
4. Foreword On Being Different: An Appreciation xix
5. Acknowledgments xxiii
6. Introduction 1
7. PART I : DRAG AND CAMP
8. From the Appendix to Mother Camp, Field Methods (1972) 11
9. Role Models (1972) 14
10. Preface to the Phoenix Edition of Mother Camp (1979) 30
11. Theater: Gay Anti-Church—More Notes on Camp (1992/1999) 34
12. Dick(less) Tracy and the Homecoming Queen: Lesbian Power and Representation in Gay Male Cherry Grove (1996) 63
13. PART II : LESBIAN-FEMINISM
14. High School Crack-up (1973) 93
15. Marginal Woman/Marginal Academic (1973) 103
16. The Personal Is Political: Consciousness Raising and Personal Change in the Women’s Liberation Movement (with Shirley Walton; 1971) 113
17. Excerpt from Womenfriends (with Shirley Walton; 1976) 142
18. Will the Real Lesbian Community Please Stand Up? (1982/1998) 155
19. PART III : BUTCH
20. The Misunderstanding: Toward a More Precise Sexual Vocabulary (with Shirley Walton; 1984), 167
21. The Mythic Mannish Lesbian: Radclyffe Hall and the New Woman (1984) 176
22. Beyond Freud, Ken, and Barbie (1986) 189
23. My Butch Career: A Memoir (1996) 195
24. PART IV: QUEER ANTHROPOLOGY
25. DMS: The Outsider’s Insider (1995) 215
26. Too Queer for College: Notes on Homophobia (1987) 219
27. An Open Letter to ‘‘Manda Cesara’’ (1984) 225
28. Of Yams, Grinders, and Gays: The Anthropology of Homosexuality (1988) 229
29. Lesbian and Gay Issues in Anthropology: Some Remarks to the Chairs of Anthropology Departments (1993) 238
30. My Best Informant’s Dress: The Erotic Equation in Fieldwork (1992) 243
31. Notes 259
32. Bibliography 293
33. Index 311