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Gay Signatures

By Owen Heathcote

Gay Signatures Books

Gay Signatures

By Owen Heathcote

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This interdisciplinary book responds to the explosion of gay and lesbian creativity on modern-day France. Rather than attempting to formalize a specifically 'gay' or 'lesbian' style or identity, the authors seek to open up new 'homotextualities,' understood here as ongoing constructions and deconstructions of both homosexuality and its environments. They investigate the work of (among others) Violette Leduc, Tony Duvert, Renaud Camus, and Guy Hocquenghem; the cinema of Josiane Balasko and Cyril Collard; the theoretical writings of Leo Bersani, Luce Irigaray, and Monique Wittig. Employing a range of methods, authors re-evaluate and contest both the literary and theoretical canon and establish new convergences between French and Gay Studies - in particular, queer theory. This book provides the first proper assessment of the usefulness of this approach when dealing with a literary and cultural tradition notoriously discreet about the very concept of a gay writer.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
238
Release Date:
1998-04-01
Publication Date:
1998-04-01
Publisher:
Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1859739822
ISBN13:
9781859739822
Weight:
526 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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