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The Ohio State University Press
- Narrative Theory Unbound: Queer and Feminist Interventions
- 2015
- Book
- Published by: The Ohio State University Press
- Series: Theory and Interpretation of Narrative
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Under the bold banner of Narrative Theory Unbound: Queer and Feminist Interventions, editors Robyn Warhol and Susan S. Lanser gather a diverse spectrum of queer and feminist challenges to the theory and interpretation of narrative. The first edited collection to bring feminist, queer, and narrative theories into direct conversation with one another, this anthology places gender and sexuality at the center of contemporary theorizing about the production, reception, forms, and functions of narrative texts. Through twenty-one essays prefaced by a cogent history of the field, Narrative Theory Unbound offers new perspectives on narrative discourse and its constituent elements; on intersectional approaches that recognize race, religion, and national culture as integral to understanding sexuality and gender; on queer temporalities; on cognitive research; and on lifewriting in graphic, print, and digital constellations. Exploring genres ranging from reality TV to fairy tales to classical fiction, contributors explore the thorny, contested relationships between feminist and queer theory, on the one hand, and between feminist/queer theory and contemporary narratologies, on the other. Rather than aiming for cohesiveness or conclusiveness, the collection stages open-ended debates designed to unbind the assumptions that have kept gender and sexuality on the periphery of narrative theory.
Table of Contents
- Illustrations
- p. viii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Introduction
- pp. 1-20
- Part I. Narrative Discourse Unbound
- pp. 21-22
- Part II. Intersectional Narrative Theories
- pp. 99-100
- Part III. Lifewriting, Gender, Sex
- pp. 167-168
- 10. The Narrative Case for Queer Biography
- pp. 210-226
- Part IV. Emplotment, or the Shapes of Stories
- pp. 251-252
- 12. Maurice, or Coming Out Straight
- pp. 253-274
- 14. Gendered Narratives in Animal Studies
- pp. 293-311
- 15. Sex—Text—Cortex
- pp. 312-322
- Part V. Challenges: Un/Doing Narrative Theory
- pp. 323-324
- 18. Critically Affirmative Reconfigurations
- pp. 340-347
- 19. Narrative Causes: Inside and Out
- pp. 348-352
- 20. The Human Problem
- pp. 353-360
- About the Editors and Contributors
- pp. 373-376
Additional Information
ISBN
9780814273821
Related ISBN
9780814212806
MARC Record
OCLC
907618366
Pages
456
Launched on MUSE
2015-04-18
Language
English
Open Access
No
