Rereading Heterosexuality : Feminism, Queer Theory and Contemporary Fiction
Carroll, Rachel
Rereading Heterosexuality : Feminism, Queer Theory and Contemporary Fiction - Edinburgh University Press 20120404
Open Access
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. - A timely exploration of the dynamic relationship between feminist and queer theory - Insightful close readings of acclaimed novels, including Jeffrey Eugenides' Middlesex, Zoë 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
Creative Commons
English
9781474429818
Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Literature Contemporary Fiction sexuality queer theory women writers feminist theory critical theory Heteronormativity Heterosexuality Homosexuality Human sexuality Lesbian Spinster
Rereading Heterosexuality : Feminism, Queer Theory and Contemporary Fiction - Edinburgh University Press 20120404
Open Access
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. - A timely exploration of the dynamic relationship between feminist and queer theory - Insightful close readings of acclaimed novels, including Jeffrey Eugenides' Middlesex, Zoë 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
Creative Commons
English
9781474429818
Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Literature Contemporary Fiction sexuality queer theory women writers feminist theory critical theory Heteronormativity Heterosexuality Homosexuality Human sexuality Lesbian Spinster