Narratives of Queer Desire

Deserts of the Heart
2009. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-230-22388-2
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 363 g

An interdisciplinary project that uses literary analysis, along with personal testimony and the applications of gender theory, as a means for identifying and exploring LGBTQ stories, the book considers queer yearnings for stories other than those conventionally available, that engage and resist norms in literature as well as culture and politics.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Breen, M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction Writing Sexuality: Lesbian Novels and the Progress Narrative Love in the Shadows: The Same-Sex Marriage Debate and Beyond Reading for Fantasy in 'Rip Van Winkle' and The Farewell Symphony Remaking Gender Systems of Story: Sexual Violence in Bastard Out of Carolina and The Way the Crow Flies Trussed/Trust/Dressed in Translation Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

MARGARET BREEN is an Associate Professor of English and Women's Studies at the University of Connecticut, USA, where she teaches courses in LGBT Literature and Gender and Sexuality Studies.