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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458700503321

Titolo

Faulkner's sexualities [[electronic resource] ] : Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha, 2007 / / edited by Annette Trefzer and Ann J. Abadie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2010

ISBN

1-62103-331-7

1-282-55564-2

9786612555640

1-60473-561-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 p.)

Collana

Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha

Altri autori (Persone)

TrefzerAnnette <1960->

AbadieAnn J

Disciplina

813/.52

Soggetti

Sex in literature

Sex (Psychology) in literature

Gender identity in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Unhistoricizing Faulkner / Catherine Gunther Kodat -- The artful and crafty ones of the French Quarter : male homosexuality and Faulkner's early prose writing / Gary Richards -- "And you too, sister, sister?" : lesbian sexuality, Absalom, Absalom!, and the reconstruction of the Southern family / Jaime Harker -- Faulkner, Marcuse, and erotic power / Michael Zeitlin -- Faulkner's sexualized city : modernism, commerce, and the (textual) body / Peter Lurie -- "Must have been love" : sexualities' attachments in Faulkner / Deborah E. McDowell -- All mixed up : female sexuality and race in The sound and the fury / Kristin Fujie -- Faulkner's Black sexuality / John N. Duvall -- Popeye's impersonal temple / Michael Wainwright -- Temple Drake's rape and the myth of the willing victim / Caroline Garnier.

Sommario/riassunto

William Faulkner grew up and began his writing career during a time of great cultural upheaval, especially in the realm of sexuality, where every normative notion of identity and relationship was being re-examined. Not only does Faulkner explore multiple versions of



sexuality throughout his work, but he also studies the sexual dimension of various social, economic, and aesthetic concerns. In Faulkner's Sexualities , contributors query Faulkner's life and fiction in terms of sexual identity, sexual politics, and the ways in which such concerns affect his aesthetics. Given the frequent play with