Queering Femininity focuses on femininity as a style of gender
presentation and asks how (and whether) it can be refigured as a
creative and queer style of the body. Drawing on a range of
feminist texts and interviews with self-identifying queer femmes
from the LGBTQ community, Hannah McCann argues that the tendency to
evaluate femininity as only either oppressive or empowering limits
our understanding of its possibilities. She considers the dynamic
aspects of feminine embodiment that cannot simply be understood in
terms of gender normativity and negotiates a path between
understanding both the attachments people hold to particular gender
identities and styles, and recognising the punitive realities of
dominant gender norms and expectations. Topics covered range from
second wave feminist critiques of beauty culture, to the importance
of hair in queer femme presentation. This book offers students and
researchers of Gender, Queer and Sexuality Studies a fresh new take
on the often troubled relationship between feminism and femininity,
a critical but generous reading that highlights the potential for
an affirmative orientation that is not confined by the demands of
identity politics.
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