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They Aren't, Until I Call Them; Performing the Subject in American Literature

by Enikö Bollobás
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9783631589823
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Peter Lang D
  • Publisher Imprint: Peter Lang D
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 236
  • Original Price: GBP 59.2
  • Language: English
  • Edition: New ed
  • Item Weight: 291 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

In the story of the three baseball umpires, two novice umpires compete in boasting how they respect truth and the way things really are. One says, I call them the way I see them ; the other, trying to trump this remark, responds, I call them the way they are . Then enters the third, most seasoned umpire, saying, They aren't, until I call them .
This book deals with two widely argued issues in literature criticism today, performativity and subjectivity. How do people become who they are? What scripts do they follow when they do gender, race, and sexuality? Tying into speech act theories and subjectivity theories, as well as gender, race, and sexuality studies, the author explores - through the close reading of several American texts - the many ways words make things in literature.

The Author: Enikő Bollobás is Associate Professor of American Studies at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. She has published three books on American literature, including the award-winning history of American literature (Budapest, 2005) and a monograph on the poet Charles Olson (New York, 1992).

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