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Lesbian Configurations
Renee C. Hoogland
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Description for Lesbian Configurations
Hardback. aeo An excellent introduction to a rapidly growing field -- Lesbian Studies. aeo Provides a clear and engaging account of the contradictory meanings of lesbian sexuality in Western culture. aeo It is both a valuable and original contribution to current debates concerned with lesbian studies. Num Pages: 184 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
This book forms an introduction to the rapidly growing field of lesbian studies. Steering a middle course between 'high theory' and detailed textual analysis, it provides both those new to the field and more experienced readers in lesbian/gay and feminist scholarship with original insights into the contradictory meanings of lesbian sexuality in Western culture.
This book forms an introduction to the rapidly growing field of lesbian studies. Steering a middle course between 'high theory' and detailed textual analysis, it provides both those new to the field and more experienced readers in lesbian/gay and feminist scholarship with original insights into the contradictory meanings of lesbian sexuality in Western culture.
Exploring different cultural forms, including twentieth-century fiction and Hollywood cinema, Hoogland addresses topical theoretical questions concerning the shifting significance of lesbian sexuality as they arise from careful textual analyses. Among the examples discussed are Alice Walker's The Color Purple, Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar, and ... Read more
Lesbian Configurations is both a valuable introduction to an expanding field and an original contribution to current debates.
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745611617
SKU
V9780745611617
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Reviews for Lesbian Configurations
'Lesbian Configurations is at once a light-casting journey through some of the densest thickets in contemporary literary and psychoanalytic theory and a work of generous, energizing scholarship. These are bravura, resolute readings: intelligent, alert, often droll, and rich in insights about the paradoxical place of the lesbian in the modern imagination.' Terry Castle, Stanford University 'renée hoogland's Lesbian ... Read more