{"product_id":"gay-signatures-gay-and-lesbian-theory-fiction-and-film-in-france-1945-1995-9781859739822","title":"Gay Signatures: Gay and Lesbian Theory, Fiction and Film in France, 1945-1995","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Owen Heathcote\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: LGBTQ+ Studies - Gay Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45083894579351,"sku":"9781859739822","price":16484.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781859739822.webp?v=1767264168","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/gay-signatures-gay-and-lesbian-theory-fiction-and-film-in-france-1945-1995-9781859739822","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}