Fetishism and Its Discontents in Post-1960 American Fiction

2010. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-230-10290-3
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 211 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

Reihe: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century

This study explores the concept of fetishism as a strategy for expressing social and political discontent in American literature, and for negotiating traumatic experiences particular to the second half of the twentieth century.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kocela, C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: FETISHISM FROM THEORY TO FICTION A Parallax History of Fetish Theory No Ideas but in Fetishes: Reed's Mumbo Jumbo PART II: FICTIONS OF THE FEMALE FETISH Queering Lesbian Fetishism in Pynchon's V. Resighting Gender Theory: Butler's Lesbian Phallus in Acker's Pussy PART III: POMO-PORNOLOGIES Domesticating Fantasy: S/M Fetishism and Coover's Spanking the Maid Narrating the Death Drive: Automotive S intho Mosexuality and John Hawkes's Travesty Conclusion: Longing on a Large Scale: Underworld and Europe Central

Über Autor(innen)

CHRISTOPHER KOCELA is Assistant Professor of English at Georgia State University, USA.