The Queer Uncanny by Paulina Palmer

The Queer Uncanny

New Perspectives On The Gothic

Paulina Palmer

The Queer Uncanny investigates the roles played by the concept of the uncanny, as defined by Sigmund Freud and other theorists, in representing lesbian, gay, and transgender characters in a selection of British, American, and Caribbean fiction published between 1980 and 2007. Paulina Palmer analyzes novels by Christopher Bram, Philip Hensher, Alan Hollingurst, Randall Kenan, Shani Mootoo, Sarah Schulman, Ali Smith, Sarah Waters, and Jeanette Winterson, among others, highlighting the inventive ways these authors recast traditional Gothic motifs from a queer perspective. Topics discussed include secrets and their disclosure, queer spectrality, the homely/unhomely house, the grotesque, lesbian social invisibility, transgender doubles, and the intersection between sexuality and race.

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Details

ISBN 9780708324592
Genre Literary Criticism
Publication Date 15-May-12
Publisher University of Wales Press
Format Trade Paperback
No. of Pages 256
Language English
Rating NotRated
BookID 10364

Author: LFWBooks