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COVER; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: feminism, queer theory and heterosexuality; Part One: Revisiting the spinster; Chapter 1 'Becoming my own ghost': spinsterhood and the 'invisibility' of heterosexuality in Sarah Waters' Affinity; Chapter 2 Telling tales out of school: spinsters, scandals and intergenerational heterosexuality in Zoë Heller's Notes on a Scandal; Part Two: Transgressive female heterosexuality; Chapter 3 Queering Alice, killing Lolita: feminism, queer theory and the politics of child sexuality in A.M. Homes's The End of Alice. |
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Chapter 4 Unauthorised reproduction: class, pregnancy and transgressive female heterosexuality in Alan Warner's Morvern CallarPart Three: Reproducing heterosexuality; Chapter 5 'First one thing and then the other': rewriting the intersexed body in Jeffrey Eugenides' Middlesex; Chapter 6 Imitations of life: cloning, heterosexuality and the human in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go; Bibliography; Index. |
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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 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, Zoà 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 |
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| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
American fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism.
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English fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism.
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Feminist literary criticism.
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Heterosexuality in literature.
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Roman américain -- 21e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
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Roman anglais -- 21e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
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Critique féministe.
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Hétérosexualité dans la littérature.
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Literary studies : fiction, novelists and prose writers.
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Literature and literary studies.
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Literature : history and criticism.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Feminist.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Heterosexual women
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American fiction
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English fiction
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Feminist literary criticism
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Heterosexuality in literature
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2000 - 2099
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rereading heterosexuality. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2012 9780748639557 (DLC) 2012427099 |
| ISBN |
9780748649082 (webready PDF) |
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0748649085 |
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9780748649273 (Amazon) |
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0748649271 |
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9780748649280 (epub) |
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074864928X |
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9781474429818 (electronic bk.) |
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1474429815 (electronic bk.) |
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1322980632 (ebk.) |
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9781322980638 (ebk.) |
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9780748639557 |
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0748639551 |
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AU@ 000055815800 |
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CHNEW 000987484 |
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CHVBK 509473180 |
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DEBBG BV040874681 |
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DEBBG BV043774052 |
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DEBSZ 472757407 |
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GBVCP 1003704344 |
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GBVCP 896610330 |
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NZ1 14539107 |
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UKMGB 017740232 |
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UKMGB 020078806 |
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