In this Book
- Rereading Heterosexuality: Feminism, Queer Theory and Contemporary Fiction
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Edinburgh University Press
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
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Heterosexuality in contemporary novels, re-examined using the frameworks of feminism and queer theory
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.
- A timely exploration of the dynamic relationship between feminist and queer theory
- Insightful close readings of acclaimed novels, including Jeffrey Eugenides' Middlesex, Zoë Heller's Notes on a Scandal, A. M. Homes' The End of Alice, Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, Alan Warner's Morvern Callar and Sarah Waters' Affinity
- Topics range from spinsterhood and intergenerational sexuality to transgender and human cloning
Table of Contents

- Acknowledgements
- pp. vii-viii
- Part One: Revisiting the spinster
- Part Two: Transgressive female heterosexuality
- Part Three: Reproducing heterosexuality
- Bibliography
- pp. 149-156
Additional Information
ISBN
9781474429818
Related ISBN(s)
9780748639557
MARC Record
OCLC
1103687721
Pages
168
Launched on MUSE
2019-08-02
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
Creative Commons
CC-BY-NC