Thomas Masculinity, Psychoanalysis, Straight Queer Theory

Essays on Abjection in Literature, Mass Culture, and Film
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-230-61185-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Social Sciences (R0)

Using Lacanian psychoanalysis and queer theory to explore the unstable relationship between heterosexual masculine identity and cultural representation, this book examines the ways straight men are queered and abjected in literature, theory, and film.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thomas, C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Abject (without) Apologies Beginning with a Bit of (be)hindsight. . . Re-enfleshing the Bright Boys; or, How Male Bodies Might Matter to Feminist Theory Must Desire Be Taken Literally? Cultural Droppings: On Bersani and Beckett 'Is What You Want Something You Can Discuss?' 'It's No Longer Your Film': Abjection and (the) Mulholland (death) Drive

Über Autor(innen)

CALVIN THOMAS is Associate Professor of English at Georgia State University in Atlanta, USA.