Romanticism, gender, and violence: blake to george sodini
Auteur :
Marshall, Nowell
Éditeur :
Associated University Presses
ISBN :
9781611488180
Date de publication :
24 févr. 2017
Dimensions :
22,8 x 15,2 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
331 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.