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Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire
Hailed by the "New York Times" as "one of the most influential texts in gender studies, men's studies and gay studies," this book uncovers the homosocial desire between men, from Restoration comedies to Tennyson's "Princess."
Paperback, 244 pages
Published
May 13th 1993
by Columbia University Press
(first published April 15th 1985)
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"The graphic schema on which I am going to be drawing most heavily in the readings that follow is the triangle." Her pronouncements, after all my time with Kermode, read like the Bishop from The Princess Bride:
Bishop: "Mawwiage is what brings us together today, that blessed event, that dream within a dream.."
Prince Humperdink: "Say MAN AND WIFE."
Bishop: "...Man and Wwwwife."
But I WANT to read a book about the role of male fr...more
Bishop: "Mawwiage is what brings us together today, that blessed event, that dream within a dream.."
Prince Humperdink: "Say MAN AND WIFE."
Bishop: "...Man and Wwwwife."
But I WANT to read a book about the role of male fr...more
I shouldn't pretend like I read the whole thing--but this is where the central pivotal idea of my thesis was discovered: triangular structures of power. She says that women are fungible (great word!) and that only the men matter with lots of examples that are less useful if you haven't read the source books. Since I hadn't there was a lot of skimming.
But of the 50% I did read, I would say it's pretty good. Start with the introduction and proceed as you feel necessary. Sedgwick has an a...more
But of the 50% I did read, I would say it's pretty good. Start with the introduction and proceed as you feel necessary. Sedgwick has an a...more
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1. I was drawn to this book mostly because I knew there was a chapter on The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and that novel needs a good analysis of the race-sex-class dynamics Dickens used. More generally, it's an interesting book. What I didn't expect, but was pleased to find, was how much time Sedgwick spends writing about the role of women in the texts she chooses. I thought that enriched her analysis, although I do think the book would have benefited from a clearer discussion of the role misogyny p...more
I love Sedgwick's writing. This book is heavily influenced by Gayle Rubin's 1975 essay "The Traffic in Women" and looks at the Gothic. She takes Rubin's theories of power and applies to men. Her discussion of male homosexual panic is especially interesting. Great read.
Sedgwick uses personal narrative in an interesting way in this foundational queer theory text. I found her to be much more accessible than Butler. Sedgwick explores the idea of "homosexual panic" in both Victorian Lit and contemporary court cases.
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Very dense reading, but worthwhile
The theories presented in this book have affected me so much that I can't help applying them to everything I see and/or read. Highly intriguing, and TRUE.
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Oh Eve.
Explains A LOT :)
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Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick was an American academician specializing in literary criticism and feminist analysis; she is known as one of the architects of queer theory. Her works reflect an interest in queer performativity, experimental critical writing, non-Lacanian psychoanalysis, Buddhism and pedagogy, the affective theories of Silvan Tomkins and Melanie Klein, and material culture, especially textil...more
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