Rereading Heterosexuality Feminism, Queer Theory and Contemporary Fiction - Carroll, Rachel ca. 20./21. Jh (Edinburgh University Press, 2012)
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
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
Presents new perspectives on representations of female heterosexuality in selected contemporary British and American novels. 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. Offers close analysis of influential novels by leading contemporary authors
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-156) and index
Keywords: 2000 - 2099; Geschichte 1995-2005; Literature; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist; American fiction; English fiction; Feminist literary criticism; Heterosexuality in literature; Literatur; Heterosexual women; English fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism; American fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism; Feminist literacy criticism; Feminismus; Roman; Englisch; Queer-Theorie; Heterosexualität -- Motiv; Sexualität; USA