Law and Sexuality in Tennessee Williams's America

This book explores the diverse representation of sexualities in Tennessee Williams's texts and argues for his creative response to the increase, prior to and following World War II, in criminal prosecution of transgressive sexual activity. It expands longstanding scholarly assessments of Williams's work, using the law as a framework to assess this writer's role as a cultural, political, and legal force participating in the normalization of diverse sexualities, during his lifetime and beyond.

About the author

Jacqueline O'Connor is professor of English at Boise State University.

Product details

• Authors: Jacqueline O'Connor, O'Connor Jacqueline
• Publisher: University Press Copublishing Division
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781611478952
• ISBN: 978-1-61147-895-2
• No. of pages: 228
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 226 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 340 g
• Series: Law, Culture, and the Humanities Series; Law, Culture, and the Humaniti; Law, Culture, and the Humaniti; The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Law, Culture, and the Humanities; The Fairleigh Dickinson Univer; The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Law, Culture, and the Humanities
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies