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Queer Writing : Homoeroticism in Jean Genet's Fiction /

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Queer Writing provides the first full-length study of homoeroticism in Jean Genet's fiction. It shows how the theory of writing elaborated in his work provides a new way to understand homosexual literature, not as the inscription of a stable sexual subjectivity but as the mobilization of a perv...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stephens, Elizabeth (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Subjects:
Social Sciences.
Cultural Theory.
Fiction.
Gender Studies.
Literary Theory.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
Literature > Philosophy.
Literature, Modern > 20th century.
Sex (Psychology)
Social sciences.
Sociology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Queer Writing provides the first full-length study of homoeroticism in Jean Genet's fiction. It shows how the theory of writing elaborated in his work provides a new way to understand homosexual literature, not as the inscription of a stable sexual subjectivity but as the mobilization of a perverse dynamic within the text.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (X, 214 pages)
ISBN:9780230271739
DOI:10.1057/9780230271739