Taboo
This impressionistic memoir offers images of a life in progress, including scenes from Boyer Rickel's rural Tempe, Arizona, childhood in the 1950s; his relationship with a physically shrinking father; his eccentric teenage friendships; his growing awareness of his sexuality among young, Hispani...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Madison
The University of Wisconsin Press
1999, [1999]©1999
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| Series: | Living out
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This impressionistic memoir offers images of a life in progress, including scenes from Boyer Rickel's rural Tempe, Arizona, childhood in the 1950s; his relationship with a physically shrinking father; his eccentric teenage friendships; his growing awareness of his sexuality among young, Hispanic gay men; and a trip through Italy with his partner. A personal book, but also wholly universal, Taboo investigates the way one man breaks through taboos and becomes a self-realized adult. (Adapted from publisher's description) An Arizona author poet offers an impressionistic memoir, using poetic techniques to chronicle episodic rites of passage in his life |
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| Item Description: | Autobiographical essays. - Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002 |
| Physical Description: | vii, 135 pages |
| ISBN: | 0299162605 9780299162603 |