Queer(y)ing Bodily Norms in Francophone Culture (Paperback, New edition)

Queer(y)ing Bodily Norms in Francophone Culture questions how a wide selection of restrictive norms come to bear on the body, through a close analysis of a range of texts, media and genres originating from across the francophone world and spanning the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Each essay troubles hegemonic, monolithic perceptions and portrayals of racial, class, gender, sexual and/or national identity, rethinking bodily norms as portrayed in literature, film, theatre and digital media specifically from a queer and querying perspective. The volume thus takes "queer(y)ing" as its guiding methodology, an approach to culture and society which examines, questions and challenges normativity in all of its guises. The term "queer(y)ing" retains the celebratory tone of the term "queer" but avoids appropriating the identity of the LGBTQ+ community, a group which remains marginalized to this day. The publication reveals that evaluating the bodily norms depicted in francophone culture through a queer and querying lens allows us to fragment often oppressive and restrictive norms, and ultimately transform them.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Modern French Identities, 140
Release date:	April 2021
First published:	2021
Editors:	Polly Galis • Antonia Wimbush • Maria Tomlinson
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	294
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-78997-514-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN:	1-78997-514-X
Barcode:	9781789975147

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