Same sex/different text? : gay and lesbian writing in French /

There are French writers in France and North America who are gay or lesbian, but do they practice lesbian and gay writing? In "Same Sex/Different Text? Gay and Lesbian Writing in French," lesbian and gay writers are juxtaposed; photographs and texts look at each other; and literary observe...

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Other Authors: Mahuzier, Brigitte
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [1996]
Series:Yale French studies ; no. 90.
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Summary:There are French writers in France and North America who are gay or lesbian, but do they practice lesbian and gay writing? In "Same Sex/Different Text? Gay and Lesbian Writing in French," lesbian and gay writers are juxtaposed; photographs and texts look at each other; and literary observers ask about "gay erotics," queer rhetoric, and how to sort out the effects of sexual preference, homophobia, time and place, and literary and artistic tradition.
Item Description:The "e" in the word "text" is backwards in the cover title.
The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.
Physical Description:255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:0300069553
9780300069556
ISSN:0044-0078 ;