Jack halberstam born december 15, 1961, also known as judith halberstam, is professor of american studies and ethnicity, gender studies, and comparative literature, as well as serving as the director of the center for feminist research at university of southern california usc. The breaks of the game is a 1981 sports book written by pulitzer prize winning reporter david halberstam about the portland trail blazers 19791980 season. Books by david halberstam david halberstam average rating 4. Providing the first fulllength study on this subject, halberstam catalogs the diversity of gender expressions among masculine women from nineteenthcentury prelesbian. Duke university press, durham 2005, isbn 0822366215. Explore books by david halberstam with our selection at.
By judith jack halberstam the drag king book paperback paperback july 31, 1999 4. Female masculinity judith halberstam, jack halberstam. The trail blazers are a professional basketball team which plays in the national basketball association nba. Jack halberstam, author of the queer art of failure beatriz preciados brilliant book oscillates between high theory and the surging rush of testosterone. Others may know halberstam as an acclaimed professor of english and, until this year, director of the center for feminist research at the university of southern california. Jack halberstam is professor of english and comparative literature at columbia university and the author of several books, including the queer art of failure and skin shows.
Judith halberstam celebrity profile check out the latest judith halberstam photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Eisenhower dulles, oppenheimer, macarthur, hoover, and nixon, but also of harley earl, who put fins on cars. Gertrude stein, everybodfg autobiography an introduction to female masculinity masculinity without men the real thing what is masculinity. Jack halberstam also known as judith halberstam, is a tenured professor in the department of english and comparative literature and. Jack halberstam and explore their bibliography from s j. He emphasizes hos personal qualities, his gentleness, his asceticism, his tranquil abiding faith in vietnamese independence.
Professor jack halberstams work deals with gender variance, pop culture. In female masculinity judith halberstam takes aim at the protected status of male masculinity and shows that female masculinity has. Jack halberstam quotes author of female masculinity. David halberstam wikisource, the free online library. Halberstam spent 10 years at westwood one where as evp, sports, he had responsibility for the companys rights to the nfl, the nhl, the ncaa tournament, the masters, and other prestigious events. Readers who have followed the postmodern gender debate in the university presses ranging from thais morgans sedately twisted analyses of victorian male lesbianism.
Secondly, this juxtaposition is queer in that it creates a disjuncture between masculinity. Halberstams premise is that vast changes had occurred in american society in the 15 years that. The fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. October 1964 by halberstam, david and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The first half of a twopart bible history daily presentation of judith. The children is utterly absorbing and contains some of the most moving passages halberstam has ever written. Aside from a recap of the blazers season, the book attempts to give a detailed history of the nba, the 197677 portland. Jack halberstam is an actor and writer, known for the owls 2010, masculinityfemininity 2014 and hooters. The higher he rose, the simpler and purer ho seemed.
The book of judith second or early first century b. Numerous correspondences between the two halves of the story provide elegant. Every few weeks, i get an email from a colleague, a friend or a student asking me what pronoun i prefer. After graduating from harvard in 1955, he covered the beginnings of the civil rights movement, then was sent overseas by the new york times to report on the war in vietnam. Gothic horror and the technology of monsters 1995, was a study of popular gothic cultures of the 19th and 20th centuries and it stretched from. One of the more interesting discussions in halberstams book centered around a discussion of forgetting, stupidity, and family within the pixar film finding nemo. Jack halberstam, auch ehemals judith halberstam oder auch j. Halberstams invocation of the goldeneyeera james bond serves two very distinct and important purposes.
Judith halberstam is professor of english, american studies and ethnicity and gender studies at usc. Female masculinity by judith halberstam 19981026 on. Judith halberstam proposes low theory as a mode of. Halberstam is my favorite theorist and excels pulling challenging ideas from the least challenging material. The players, almost all white, had been raised in harsh circumstances, the games were played in the afternoon on grass and were broadcast on radio, the teams traveled by. Being taken seriously means missing out on the chance to be frivolous, promiscuous, and irrelevant. In trans, jack halberstam explores these recent shifts in the meaning of the gendered body and representation, and explores the possibilities of a nongendered, genderoptional, or genderqueer future. It is also one of the most accessible books on queer art theory that ive read, if accessibility is one of your criterion. Winter in america by jack halberstam bully bloggers. Judith halberstam proposes low theory as a mode of thinking and writing that. Praise the queer art of failure is a surprisingly fun read, and more than once i laughed out loud, which is a pretty unusual response to a queer theory text. In female masculinity judith halberstam takes aim at the protected status of male masculinity and shows that female masculinity has offered a distinct alternative to it for well over two hundred years. Halberstam received her undergraduate degree in english at uc berkeley, her masters in english. I mostly go by jack nowadays, although people who have known me for a really long time and some family members still call me judith.
Gothic horror and the technology of monsters, female masculinity, in a queer time and place. Up here in the north, we are presently looking at the possibility of the end of winter due to global climate change. Prior to this appointment in 2017, halberstam was a professor of american studies and ethnicity, gender studies, and. By judith jack halberstam the drag king book paperback.
Flush with elegant theoretical formulations, lascivious sex narratives, and astute histories of gender, testo junkie is a key text to comprehend the. Halberstam, including titles like the fundamentals of sports media and sponsorship sales. Sex, gender, and the end of normal queer ideasqueer action by j. Driver in david halberstam death to face manslaughter charge. And how have people responded to the new definitions and understanding of sex and the gendered body. A book of deep insight and importance, october 1964 is also, like halberstams previous baseball work, a great read. An overview of judith halberstams the queer art of. Failing is something queers do and have always done exceptionally well. Dick and mac mcdonald and ray kroc, who massproduced. Jones had volunteered to chauffeur halberstam, the 73yearold new york times reporter and nationallyacclaimed author, from berkeley to palo alto to interview pro football hall of famer y.
Pulitzer prizewinning journalist halberstam the fifties, 1993, etc. One of the most popular and imitated nonfiction writers around, david halberstam wrote books that fused narrative storytelling with investigative reporting. To make his revenue numbers every year, he made new. David halberstam books list of books by author david. Halberstams little book is likewise simple and pure, more of a commemorative ode than a biography. The desire to be taken seriously is precisely what compels people to follow the tried and true paths of knowledge production around which i would like to map a few detours. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Garrows bearing the cross and taylor branchs recently published pillar of fire. In each chapter marianna szczygielska, department of gender studies, central european university judith jack halberstam. Sex, gender, and the end of normal beacon press, 2012, along with four other books, including female masculinity and in a queer time and place. From the flower power protest songs of the 60s to the socially conscious hip hop of groups like public enemy, popular music has long had the capacity to voice the desire for social revolution in rhythm and melody. In 1989 david halberstam published summer of 49, which became a number one new york times bestseller. Hos thirty years as a revolutionary exile he was a pastry cook in london, a contributer to lhumanite in paris. Sex, gender, and the end of normal beacon press, 2012 and has written articles.
Queer art of failure by judith halberstam sep 29 the token critical theory on. Speech to the columbia school of journalism 20070424 a preliminary search indicated that this authors works are generally still protected under law, and cannot be hosted on wikisource. I specially ordered a copy of the apocrypha as i am not a catholic to study books from it, and the theory presented in there seems to go toward novel and judith being representative of the whole of israel. Gothic horror and the technology of monsters, both also published by duke university press. However, some works may be in the public domain or under free licensing terms. In her caricature of me, i am cast as judith jack halberstam, a genderstudies professor from the university of southern california who favors crew cuts and mens suits. Halberstam mentions how the intent to break away the power of generation from the process of history is a queer project, precisely because queer loves seek to uncouple change from the supposedly organic and immutable. Halberstam, principal of halby group, has had a long career in sales and sales management. Halberstam works in the areas of popular, visual and queer culture with an emphasis on subcultures. The riveting story of how two very different baseball teams, reflective of the times in america, got to the 1964 world series. Her new book is a smart, entertaining and informed tour of that most threatening of cultural identities. Female masculinity is a fullon attack on the idea that masculinity is exclusively or even primarily the property of men. Halberstam offers portraits of not only the titans of the age.
Female masculinity by jack halberstam, paperback barnes. On the contrary, says judith halberstam, women have been practising their own, alternative, masculinities for at least two hundred years. It is also one of the most accessible books on queer art theory that ive read. Books by david halberstam author of the breaks of the game. The queer art of failure is about finding alternativesto conventional understandings of success in a heteronormative, capitalist society. From a literary perspective, the book is an artistic masterpiece, constructed in two parts 1. Then there are a few people, my sister included, who call me jude.
It was a compelling portrait of baseball in an america as yet unchanged by affluence, technology, and social progress. Here, professor halberstam talks about his books on female. Many of her books, especially female masculinity 1998 and in a queer time and place 2005, have become central references in academic, cultural, and activist discussions. The civilrights movement already has produced superb works of history, books such as david j. Judith halberstam proposes low theory as a mode of thinking and writing that operates at many different levels at once.
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