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This interdisciplinary book responds to the explosion of gay and
lesbian creativity on modern-day France. Rather than attempting to
formalize a specifically 'gay' or 'lesbian' style or identity, the
authors seek to open up new 'homotextualities, ' understood here as
ongoing constructions and deconstructions of both homosexuality and
its environments. They investigate the work of (among others)
Violette Leduc, Tony Duvert, Renaud Camus, and Guy Hocquenghem; the
cinema of Josiane Balasko and Cyril Collard; the theoretical
writings of Leo Bersani, Luce Irigaray, and Monique Wittig.
Employing a range of methods, authors re-evaluate and contest both
the literary and theoretical canon and establish new convergences
between French and Gay Studies, in particular, queer theory. This
book provides the first proper assessment of the usefulness of this
approach when dealing with a literary and cultural tradition
notoriously discreet about the very concept of a gay writer.
This interdisciplinary book responds to the explosion of gay and
lesbian creativity on modern-day France. Rather than attempting to
formalize a specifically 'gay' or 'lesbian' style or identity, the
authors seek to open up new 'homotextualities, ' understood here as
ongoing constructions and deconstructions of both homosexuality and
its environments. They investigate the work of (among others)
Violette Leduc, Tony Duvert, Renaud Camus, and Guy Hocquenghem; the
cinema of Josiane Balasko and Cyril Collard; the theoretical
writings of Leo Bersani, Luce Irigaray, and Monique Wittig.
Employing a range of methods, authors re-evaluate and contest both
the literary and theoretical canon and establish new convergences
between French and Gay Studies, in particular, queer theory. This
book provides the first proper assessment of the usefulness of this
approach when dealing with a literary and cultural tradition
notoriously discreet about the very concept of a gay writer.
One of the founders of literary realism and the serial novel,
Honore de Balzac (1799-1850) was a prolific writer who produced
more than a hundred novels, plays and short stories during his
career. With its dramatic plots and memorable characters, Balzac's
fiction has enthralled generations of readers. 'La Comedie
humaine', the vast collection of works in which he strove to
document every aspect of nineteenth-century French society, has
influenced writers from Flaubert, Zola and Proust to Dostoevsky and
Oscar Wilde. This Companion provides a critical reappraisal of
Balzac, combining studies of his major novels with guidance on the
key narrative and thematic features of his writing. Twelve chapters
by world-leading specialists encompass a wide spectrum of topics
such as the representation of history, philosophy and religion, the
plight of the struggling artist, gender and sexuality, and Balzac's
depiction of the creative process itself.
Negotiating Boundaries: Identities, Sexualities, Diversities is a
collection of essays by contributors from-and/or on-societies
across the world: Boznia-Herzogovinia, Croatia, France, Iran, The
Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, South and West Africa, the UK and
the USA. They are from a range of academic disciples-English
Literature, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, Literary and
Cultural Studies, Modern Languages, Religious Studies, Social
Anthropology, Social Policy, Sociology and Theology. This level of
diversity has resulted in the most wide-ranging volume ever
published in the social sciences and humanities around the concept
of "Boundaries". The book is at the cutting edge of intellectual
thinking on personal and social "boundaries" applied to such areas
as: Art, Genocidal Rape, Identities, God/Godde, Lesbianism,
Literature, Men in "Women's Professions", Muslim women in Muslim
and non-Muslim countries, Nationalism and Symbolism, Poetry,
Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Women in Science,
Transgenderism, Virginity Testing and War.This range of
contributors, locations and topics could have resulted in an
incoherent volume with appeal to only a somewhat esoteric
readership. However, the skilful use of the concept of "Boundaries"
not only gives this book structured coherence, but makes it
important reading for a wide range of academics, theorists and
researchers in a diversity of disciplines."This is a lively,
engaged, nuanced portrayal of the struggles around identity,
inequality and domination. Ambitious in its scope - international,
interdisciplinary and multi-dimensional in its social focus,
Identities, Sexualities, Diversities offers a powerful picture of
struggle and the pursuit of change, through the conceptual lens of
boundaries. This collection explores the diverse ways boundaries
operate, bringing new insights and questions to an established
debate. It also, importantly, explores how boundaries can provide
bridges. Thus, through its interweaving of theory and empirical
analysis, and through its stories of bodies, texts, work, sexual
expression, self-presentation, and changing values, Identities,
Sexualities, Diversities offers a text that is reflexive,
analytically thoughtful, and, significantly, hopeful."-Davina
Cooper, Professor of Law and Political Theory, Director of AHRC
Research Centre for Law, Gender and Sexuality, Kent Law School,
University of Kent"This is a fascinating collection of papers that
provides new and important insights into the variety and natures of
boundaries around ethnicity, identity and sexuality. Using the
complex concept of boundaries the writers explore identities,
sexualities and diversities through boundary crossings, contested
boundaries, oppressive boundaries and creative, resistant
boundaries. This provides a wonderful, coherent engagement with
some of the key struggles at the present time over contested
territory at personal and global levels. The range of articles
ensures that these debates are contextualised in particular
societies and cultures providing a rich source of theoretical
material that helps our understandings of these complex and crucial
issues. The theoretical rigour and fascinating insights presented
in this edited book deserves a wide readership from those involved
in the social sciences, women's studies, the humanities and all
those interested in transgressing conventional boundaries of
scholarship".-Sheila Scraton, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Director of
University Research, Professor of Leisure and Feminist Studies,
Leeds Metropolitan University.
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