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Shakespeare and queer theory / Melissa E. Sanchez.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR2976 .S27 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sanchez, Melissa E., author.
- Series:
- Arden Shakespeare and theory
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Queer theory.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 228 pages ; 20 cm.
- Edition:
- Paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : The Arden Shakespeare, 2020.
- Summary:
- "'Shakespeare and queer theory' is an indispensable guide to the ongoing critical debates about queer method both within and beyond Shakespeare studies. Clearly elucidating the central ideas and history of the field, the volume also discusses current early modern debates about historicism, embodiment and queer method. Through original readings of Shakespearean texts and film adaptations, this book illustrates the value of queer theory to Shakespeare scholarship, and the value of Shakespearean texts to queer theory." -- From the back cover.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Queer plots, queer feelings
- Frequently asked questions
- Chapter outline
- Caveat lector
- 1. Queer Theory (Without Shakespeare)
- Why `queer'?
- Deconstruction and poststructuralism
- Psychoanalysis
- Foucault and The History of Sexuality
- Gay and lesbian scholarship and activism
- The feminist sex wars
- Women of colour feminism
- HIV/AIDS activism
- The 1990s: Butler, Sedgwick and `classic' queer theory
- What's left? Queer theory after the new millennium
- 2. Homoeroticism in Shakespeare Studies
- Sodomy
- Friendship
- Queer feminism: dildos and tribades
- Queer Christianity
- Pedagogy, pederasty and poetic creation
- 3. Queerness Beyond Homoeroticism
- Queer heterosexuality
- Race, empire and colonialism
- Epistemology and empiricism
- Queer language and literature: editing, philology, rhetoric
- History and temporality
- 4. How Queer Is the Shakespearean Canon?
- The limits of polymorphous perversity: A Midsummer Night's Dream and Venus and Adonis
- The erotic life of racism in The Merchant of Venice and Othello
- Using Shakespeare: history, memory and futurity in Henry V and Hamlet
- 5. The Politics of Form: Queer Shakespearean Film
- Queer aesthetics in Jarman's The Tempest: camp, horror, punk, postmodernism
- `Intercourse has never occurred in private': Edward II and My Own Private Idaho
- Not your father's Shakespeare?.
- Notes:
- Originally published: 2019.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781474256681
- 1474256686
- OCLC:
- 1128105799
- Publisher Number:
- 99986383344
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