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Castration desire : less is more in global anglophone fiction / Robinson Murphy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murphy, Robinson, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Commonwealth fiction (English)--History and criticism.
- Commonwealth fiction (English).
- Masculinity in literature.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 197 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.
- Summary:
- "Castration desire theorizes an alternative form of masculinity in global literature that is less egocentric and more sustainable, in terms of both gendered and environmental power dynamics"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Castrating Caravaggio, castrating Ondaatje
- Black Friday, Queer Atlantic
- "Pain comes in waves": eroding bodies in Colm Tóibín's The Blackwater Lightship
- Trans* Thinkin in Irish television and film
- Trans*planting castration through Ishiguro's Never let me go
- "The road" through Emma Donoghue's protogay Room
- Bon Joon-ho's Queer children
- Queer child, decolonial child: Beasts of the southern wild revisited
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Murphy, Robinson. Castration desire
- ISBN:
- 9798765102176
- 9798765102183
- OCLC:
- 1385287366
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