(Un)natural desires : representations of homosexuals in post-war American literature : a focus on selected works by Gore Vidal, Truman Capote, James Baldwin and Allen Ginsberg /
The years following the Second World War saw a significant change to the face of America in terms of identities and gender roles. This had significant impact on the development of visible homosexual communities across the USA which, over time, led to the preliminary formation of a sense of homosexua...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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[United States] :
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[2019]
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| Summary: | The years following the Second World War saw a significant change to the face of America in terms of identities and gender roles. This had significant impact on the development of visible homosexual communities across the USA which, over time, led to the preliminary formation of a sense of homosexual identity. On a cultural level, part of this exploration of identity included the emergence of young homosexual writers who used their works to share ideas and analyse their own experience of stigma and its consequences. This book presents a literary study of selected titles from four such writers: Gore Vidal, Truman Capote, James Baldwin and Allen Ginsberg. Not simply a literary review, it explores aspects of queer history as they are revealed through literature, with analysis of the texts presenting an exploration of unique but comparative experience. This contributes to a multifaceted representation of homosexual life in the 1950s. To expand upon the content of the novels, selected paragraphs of text are related to theoretical works from writers including Michel Foucault, Julia Kristeva, Hal Foster and Sarah Schulman; along with the work of prominent gay rights activist, Harry Hay. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. |
| Physical Description: | 70 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781689552516 1689552514 |