"Hustler"

Title"Hustler"
Year for Search1988
AuthorsCalifia[-Rice], Pat[rick](b. 1954)
Tertiary AuthorsCalifia, Pat
Secondary TitleMacho Sluts: Erotic Fiction
Pagination177-210
Date Published1988
PublisherAlyson Publications
Place PublishedBoston, MA
KeywordsTransgender author, US author
Annotation

Dystopia set after a very long war followed by a struggle for power between men and women. While the women win and establish a women-oriented society, it requires women to spend a period of time caring for babies and has a very narrow range of acceptable sexual behavior.

Info Notes

For part of its life, Califia edited SandMUtopian Guardian. Nos. 1-39 (1995-2000), which has no obvious utopian content.

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

The author (b. 1964) is described as lesbian, but became male. Here she identifies herself as a sadomasochist, deplores the existing "erotic totalitarianism," and says that the stories were written for "leather dykes" (10). For part of its life, Califia edited SandMUtopian Guardian. Nos. 1-39 (1995-2000), which has no obvious utopian content. 

Full Text

1988 Califia[-Rice], Pat[rick] (b. 1954). “Hustler.” In her/his Macho Sluts: Erotic Fiction (Boston, MA: Alyson Publications, 1988), 177-210. PSt The author is described as lesbian but became male. Here she identifies herself as a sadomasochist, deplores the existing “erotic totalitarianism,” and says that the stories were written for “leather dykes” (10).

Dystopia set after a very long war followed by a struggle for power between men and women. While the women win and establish a women-oriented society, it requires women to spend a period of time caring for babies and has a very narrow range of acceptable sexual behavior. For part of its life, Califia edited SandMUtopian Guardian. Nos. 1-39 (1995-2000), which has no obvious utopian content. Transgender author.