Representing Bisexualities: Subjects and Cultures of Fluid Desire - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 081476634X ISBN 13: 9780814766347

Casa editrice: New York Univ Pr, 1996

Riassunto

Is bisexuality coming out in America? Bisexual characters are surfacing on popular television shows and in film. Newsweek proclaims that a new sexual identity is emerging. But amidst this burgeoning acknowledgment of bisexuality, is there an understanding of what it means to be bisexual in a monosexual culture?

RePresenting Bisexualities seeks to answer these questions, integrating a recognition of bisexual desire with new theories of gender and sexuality. Despite the breakthroughs in gender studies and queer studies of recent years, bisexuality has remained largely unexamined. Problematic sexual images are usually attributed either to homosexual or heterosexual desire while bisexual readings remain unexplored. The essays found in RePresenting Bisexualities discuss fluid sexualities through a variety of readings from the fence, covering texts from Emily Dickinson to Nine Inch Nails. Each author contributes to the collection a unique view of sexual fluidity and transgressive desire. Taken together, these essays provide the most comprehensive bisexual theory reader to date.

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L'autore

Maria Pramaggiore is Assistant Professor of Film Studies at North Carolina State University.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: New York Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 081476634X
• ISBN 13: 9780814766347
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320
• Redattore: Pramaggiore Maria, Hall Donald E.