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Rereading Heterosexuality Feminism, Queer Theory and Contemporary Fiction

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 i...

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Main Author: Carroll, Rachel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh University Press 2012
Subjects:
Human Sexuality
Lesbian
Sexuality
Heteronormativity
Queer Theory
Feminist Theory
Homosexuality
Critical Theory
Spinster
Literature
Women Writers
Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists And Prose Writers
Heterosexuality
Contemporary Fiction
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Collection: OAPEN - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary: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
Item Description:Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
ISBN:9780748649273
9780748639557
9780748649280
9781474429818

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