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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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Main Author: Carroll, Rachel
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2012]
Subjects:
American fiction > 21st century > History and criticism.
English fiction > 21st century > History and criticism.
Feminist literary criticism.
Heterosexuality in literature.
Roman américain > 21e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > 21e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Critique féministe.
Hétérosexualité dans la littérature.
Literary studies : fiction, novelists and prose writers.
Literature and literary studies.
Literature : history and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Feminist.
Heterosexual women.
American fiction.
English fiction.
2000 - 2099
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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. 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
Physical Description:1 online resource(160 pages))
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-156) and index.
ISBN:9780748649082
0748649085
9780748649273
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9780748649280
074864928X
9781474429818
1474429815
1322980632
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