On Sibling Love, Queer Attachment and American Writing

Zusatztext 'To bring siblings to gay attachments and queer theory to sibling relationships is inspirational. Each informs and shapes the other in Flannery's brilliant and innovative re-reading of American writing and culture'. Juliet Mitchell! University of Cambridge! UK Informationen zum Autor Dr Denis Flannery is Senior Lecturer in American and English Literature in the School of English! University of Leeds! UK Zusammenfassung Sibling bonds, both literal and figurative, have had a crucial role in American writings of queer desire and identity. This book demonstrates the centrality of fraternal and sororal love to queer strands of 19th- and 20th-century texts from the elemental wildnesses of Moby-Dick to David Fincher's postmodern cinema. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Preface. Part 1: Introduction; The monkey-rope; The appalling Mrs Luna: sibling love! queer attachment and Henry James's The Bostonians. Part 2: Cinematic siblings: Paris is Burning; Wolf-trapping: Cormac McCarthy! sibling love and the lupine queer; Sibling love! queer attachment! a fear of falling: David Fincher's The Game; Jamaica Kincaid and Chuck Palahniuk: AIDS! resurrection and recognition; Works cited; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Denis Flannery, Flannery Denis
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.11.2007
• EAN: 9780754654209
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-5420-9
• No. of pages: 180
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Gender studies, gender groups, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Gender Identity