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Queer commodities : contemporary US fiction, consumer capitalism, and gay and lesbian subcultures /

Queer Commodities is the first book-length analysis of same-sexuality and consumer capitalism in contemporary American fiction. Moving beyond the critical tendencies to identify gay and lesbian subcultures as either hopelessly immersed in consumer capitalism or heroically resistant to it, Guy Davids...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Davidson, Guy
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	American literature readings in the 21st century.
Subjects:	American literature > 20th century > History and criticism. American literature > 21st century > History and criticism. Homosexuality in literature. Consumption (Economics) > Social aspects.

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