Anne Rice and sexual politics : the early novels / by James R. Keller ; with conclusion by James R. Keller and Gwendolyn Morgan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keller, James R., 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rice, Anne, 1941-2021--Criticism and interpretation.

Rice, Anne.

Rice, Anne, 1941-2021.

Gender identity in literature.

Sex in literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

175 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2000]

Summary:

This scholarly analysis of the seemingly incompatible elements of the subversive and the socially acceptable in Rice's early work covers her career from the landmark Interview with the Vampire (1976) to Lasher (1993). Each chapter tackles a different aspect of Rice's conflicting portrayals of sexual issues, including homophobia, pedophilia, castration anxiety, and the vast array of gender stereotypes and roles that her novels so often interpret and exploit. This study is appropriate for readers of Rice's writing and for those intrigued by issues of sexual politics and the ways in which a popular author both embraces and repudiates some of the most shocking concepts of sexuality. An index and bibliography are included to aid research.

Contents:

Introduction: Fashioning the Author 1

1. Interrogating the Vampire: Heterotextuality and Queer Reading 11

2. Engendering Whiteness: The Politics of Race, Gender, and Class in The Feast of All Saints 41

3. The Purloined Penis: Castration Anxiety in Cry to Heaven 65

4. Violation and Sex Education: Beauty's Erotic Odyssey 91

5. Exit to Eden: The Body, the Spectacle, and the Transgressive Space 103

6. Prurient Painters and Pedophiles: Negotiating Consent in Belinda 127

7. Rape Fantasies: Constructing a Masculine Prototype among the Mayfair Witches 143

Conclusion: Gender, Horror, and Popular Culture / James R. Keller, Gwendolyn Morgan 159.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-171) and index.

ISBN:

0786408464

OCLC:

44693992