Romanticism, gender, and violence: blake to george sodini
Auteur :
Marshall, Nowell
Éditeur :
Associated University Presses
ISBN :
9781611484663
Date de publication :
22 juil. 2013
Dimensions :
23,9 x 15,9 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
513 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Responding to work by Eve Sedgwick and recent media attention to queer suicide, this project theorizes performative melancholia, a condition where, regardless of sexual orientation, overinvestment in gender norms causes subjects who are unable to embody those norms to experience socially expected (‘normal’) gender as something unattainable or lost.