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Writing the Voice of Pleasure: Heterosexuality without Women
Anne Callahan
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The Voice of Pleasure makes a persuasive and fascinating argument that the romantic couple of Western representation is not heterosexual. Nor is it homosexual. With insightful new readings of landmarks of Western culture from Tristan and Yseut to Seinfeld , Callahan demonstrates that the illusion of heterosexuality is created by a male artist's assumption of a feminine voice to express desire. Named the 'troubadour effect' for the first time here, this tradition of male femininity in romantic writing results in a cultural model of desire best described as 'heterosexuality without women.' The most compelling aspect of the book is its ... Read more
The Voice of Pleasure makes a persuasive and fascinating argument that the romantic couple of Western representation is not heterosexual. Nor is it homosexual. With insightful new readings of landmarks of Western culture from Tristan and Yseut to Seinfeld , Callahan demonstrates that the illusion of heterosexuality is created by a male artist's assumption of a feminine voice to express desire. Named the 'troubadour effect' for the first time here, this tradition of male femininity in romantic writing results in a cultural model of desire best described as 'heterosexuality without women.' The most compelling aspect of the book is its ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Number of Pages
273
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312239374
SKU
V9780312239374
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About Anne Callahan
ANNE CALLAHAN is Professor of French at Loyola University Chicago. She is the author of Erotic Love in Literature: From Medieval Legend to Romantic Illusion.
Reviews for Writing the Voice of Pleasure: Heterosexuality without Women
'I admire [The Voice of Pleasure] tremendously. I wish I had read Professor Callahan's work while I was working on my book.' - Louise Kaplan, author of Female Perversions 'Callahan's thesis is an interesting and persuasive one. She is enormously learned: her cultural and historical references range over an astonishing period of time...I was particularly impressed by ... Read more