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Rereading Heterosexuality : Feminism, Queer Theory and Contemporary Fiction /

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Heterosexuality in contemporary novels, re-examined using the frameworks of feminism and queer theory. Drawing on feminist and queer theories of sex, gender and sexuality, this study focuses on female identities at odds with heterosexual norms. In particular, it explores narratives in which the conv...

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Wedi'i Gadw mewn:
Prif Awdur: Carroll, Rachel
Fformat: Electronig eLyfr
Iaith:Saesneg
Cyhoeddwyd: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2012]
Cyfres:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Pynciau:
Heterosexuality in literature.
Feminist literary criticism.
English fiction.
American fiction.
Heterosexual women.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Feminist.
Literature : history and criticism.
Literature and literary studies.
Literary studies : fiction, novelists and prose writers.
Heterosexualite dans la litterature.
Critique feministe.
Roman anglais > 21e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Roman americain > 21e siecle > Histoire et critique.
English fiction > 21st century > History and criticism.
American fiction > 21st century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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Crynodeb:Heterosexuality in contemporary novels, re-examined using the frameworks of feminism and queer theory. Drawing on feminist and queer theories of sex, gender and sexuality, this study focuses on female identities at odds with heterosexual norms. In particular, it explores narratives in which the conventional equation between heterosexuality, reproductive sexuality and female identity is questioned. Key Features. A timely exploration of the dynamic relationship between feminist and queer theory Insightful close readings of acclaimed novels, including Jeffrey Eugenides' Middlesex, Zoñ Heller's Notes on a Scandal, A. M. Homes' The End of Alice, Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, Alan Warner's Morvern Callar and Sarah Waters' Affinity Topics range from spinsterhood and intergenerational sexuality to transgender and human cloning
Disgrifiad Corfforoll:1 online resource (168 pages).
ISBN:9781474429818
Mynediad:Open Access

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