Gay & Lesbian Literary Studies, Arts & Entertainment - Gay & Lesbian Studies, General & Miscellaneous Italian Fiction & Prose Literature - Literary Criticism, International Film, Peoples & Cultures in Film
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Overview
Gary P. Cestaro's Queer Italia includes essays on Italian literature and film, medieval to modern, and attempts to define a queer tradition in Italian culture. Contributors explore the multiform dynamics of sexuality in Italian texts and aim not to promote the mistaken notion of a single homosexuality through history; rather, they upset and undo the equally misguided assumption of an omnipresent heterosexuality by uncovering the complexities of desire in texts from all periods. Somewhat paradoxically, a kind of queer canon results. These essays open a much-needed critical space in the Italian tradition wherein fixed definitions of sexual identity collapse. Queer Italia will be of interest to a wide audience of Italianists, medieval to modern, and queer cultural theorists.
Synopsis
Cestaro (Italian language and literature, DePaul University) collects essays on Italian literature and film, medieval to modern, that explore the dynamics of sexuality in Italian texts throughout history. Contributors upset the notion of an omnipresent heterosexuality by uncovering the complexities of desire in texts from all periods. The book will be of interest to an audience of Italianists and queer cultural theorists. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Details
Published
July 1, 2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pages
252
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780312240264