The queer uncanny: new perspectives on the gothic

by Palmer, Paulina

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Title Statements

Full title :The queer uncanny : new perspectives on the gothic / Paulina Palmer.

Summary

The Queer Uncanny: New perspectives on the Gothic investigates the roles played by the concept of the uncanny, as defined by Sigmund Freud and other theorists, in the representation of lesbian and male gay sexualities and transgender in a selection of contemporary British, American and Caribbean fiction published 1980-2007. Novels by Christopher Bram, Philip Hensher, Alan Hollingurst, Randall Kenan, Shani Mootoo, Sarah Schulman, Ali Smith, Sarah Waters, Jeanette Winterson and other writers receive analysis in the context of queer theory and gothic critical writing. Topics discussed include secrets and their disclosure, queer spectrality, the homely/unhomely house, the grotesque, lesbian social invisibility, transgender doubles, and the intersection between sexuality and race.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Wales Press
Place of Publication:Cardiff
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

The Physical Object

Description:232 p. ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780708324585, 0708324584, 9780708324592, 0708324592
oclc:on1159805500
LC Classification:PR830.T3
Dewey Decimal:823.009352664

Introduction: Queering the uncanny -- Secrets and their disclosure -- Queer spectrality -- Place and space -- Monstrous others.

Subjects

Criticism, interpretation, etc Écrits de lesbiennes américains -- Hist… English fiction English fiction -- History and criticis… English fiction -- Women authors Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English Gothic fiction (Literary genre), Englis… Lesbians in literature Lesbians' writings, American Lesbians' writings, American -- History… Lesbians' writings, English Lesbians' writings, English -- History … Lesbiennes -- Dans la littérature Roman anglais -- Histoire et critique. …