White Girls

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White Girls, Hilton Als’s first book since The Women 16 years ago, finds one of The New Yorker's boldest cultural critics deftly weaving together his brilliant analyses of literature, art, and music with fearless insights on race, gender, and history. The result is an extraordinary, complex portrait of "white girls,” as Als dubs them, an expansive but precise category that encompasses figures as diverse as Truman Capote and Louise Brooks, Michael Jackson and Flannery O’Connor. In pieces that hairpin between critique and meditation, fiction and nonfiction, high culture and low, the theoretical and the deeply personal, Als presents a stunning portrait of a writer by way of his subjects, and an invaluable guide to the culture of our time.

subjects: American essays,  Biography,  American Authors,  African American gays,  African American gay men,  History and criticism,  American literature,  Sex role,  African American authors,  Gender identity,  Identity,  African americans,  Gay men, biography,  Gays, identity,  Sex differences (psychology),  Masculinity,  Race awareness,  Authors, american,  Essays (single author),  Manners and customs,  African American gay men / Identity,  African American gays / Biography,  Geschlechterrolle,  Geschlechtsidentität,  Geschlechtsunterschied,  Männerbild,  Rassenfrage,  LGBTQ art & artists,  LGBTQ essays,  Lambda Literary Awards,  Lambda Literary Award Winner,  nyt:culture=2014-11-09,  New York Times bestseller,  New York Times reviewed,  collection:randy_shilts_award=winner,  Homosexuels masculins noirs américains,  Homosexuels noirs américains,  Biographies,  Identité sexuelle,  Rôle selon le sexe,  Différences entre sexes (Psychologie),  Masculinité,  Conscience de race,  Écrivains américains,  BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black

Times: 21st century