LEADER 03176nam 2200421 450 001 9910684570903321 005 20230507072747.0 035 $a(CKB)5600000000596252 035 $a(NjHacI)995600000000596252 035 $a(EXLCZ)995600000000596252 100 $a20230507d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRereading heterosexuality $efeminism, queer theory and contemporary fiction /$fRachel Carroll 210 1$aEdinburgh :$cEdinburgh University Press,$d[2012] 210 4$d©2012 215 $a1 online resource (160 pages) 311 $a0-7486-4927-1 320 $aIncludes bibliography (pages [149]-156) and index. 327 $aCOVER; 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 Zoe? 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. 330 $aHeterosexuality 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. Key Features. A timely exploration of the dynamic relationship between feminist and queer theory Insightful close readings of acclaimed novels, including Jeffrey Eugenides' Middlesex, ZoA?± 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. 606 $aAmerican fiction$y21st century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish fiction$y21st century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aHeterosexuality in literature 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aHeterosexuality in literature. 676 $a813.609 700 $aCarroll$b Rachel$0864805 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910684570903321 996 $aRereading heterosexuality$91930323 997 $aUNINA