Gay Signatures
Gay and Lesbian Theory, Fiction and Film in France, 1945-1995
Alex Hughes editor Owen Heathcote editor James S Williams editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:1st Apr '98
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Also available in hardback, 9781859739822 GBP50.00 (April, 1998)
Responds to the explosion of gay and lesbian creativity on modern-day France. This book seeks to open up 'homotextualities,' understood as constructions and deconstructions of both homosexuality and its environments. It provides an assessment of this approach when dealing with a tradition notoriously discreet about the concept of a gay writer.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.
'Original, cogently argued, and well researched.' MLR'A very welcome collection.'FS (French Studies?)'A consistently challenging, accessible, and amply documented set of essays which avoid the naivetes of earlier criticism.' Forum for Modern Language Studies'The individual chapters offer thoughtful, well-argued insights into gay literature in contemporary France.'Th Lesbian Review of Books'...all the contributors...write sharply, deploying contemporary theory with a command that makes their work pleasurable as well as intellectually rigorous reading.'Film and Theory Review
ISBN: 9781859739877
Dimensions: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
Weight: unknown
224 pages