The Queer Renaissance: Contemporary American Literature and the Reinvention of Lesbian and Gay Identities

Contents

Content** Preface vi i Acknowledgments x i Introduction Reading th e Quee r Renaissanc e 1 Chapter One Boys' Ow n Storie s an d Ne w Spelling s of M y Name : Comin g Ou t an d Othe r Myths o f Quee r Positionalit y 3 2 Chapter Two Queer Locations/Quee r Transformation s 6 9 Chapter Three Unlimited Access ? Queer Theor y i n th e Borderland s 11 6 Chapter Four Queer Identitie s i n a Crisis 15 5 Epilogue Post-Queer? 20 5 Notes 21 5 Works Cite d 23 7 Index 24 9 v ...