Rereading Heterosexuality: Feminism, Queer Theory and Contemporary Fiction - Couverture rigide

Carroll, Rachel

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0748639551 ISBN 13 : 9780748639557

Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2012

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Presents new perspectives on representations of female heterosexuality in selected contemporary British and American novels. 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 * Offers close analysis of influential novels by leading contemporary authors, including Jeffrey Eugenides's Middlesex (2002), Zoe Heller's Notes on a Scandal (2003), Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go (2005), Alan Warner's Morvern Callar (1995), A.M Homes's The End of Alice (1996), and Sarah Waters's Affinity (1999) * Topics range from spinsterhood and intergenerational sexuality to transgender and human cloning

Biographie de l'auteur :

Rachel Carroll is Principal Lecturer in English at Teesside University, UK. Her research on twentieth century and contemporary British and American writers, including Angela Carter, Don DeLillo and Flannery O'Connor, has been published in journals such as Textual Practice, Journal of American Studies and Journal of Gender Studies. Her research interests also extend to film and television adaptations; her edited collection, Adaptation in Contemporary Culture: Textual Infidelities, was published in 2009.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0748639551
• ISBN 13: 9780748639557
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 168