Queerness, Futurity, and Desire in American Literature: Improvising Identity in the Shadow of Empire
Description:
This dissertation deploys queer theory and temporality to investigate the ways in which American authors were writing about identity at the turn of the twentieth century. I provide a more expansive use of queer theory, and argue that queerness moves beyond sexual and gender identity to have intersectional implications. This is articulated in the phrase "queer textual libido" which connects queer theory with affect and temporal theories. Queerness reveals itself on both narrative and rhetorical …
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Date:
May 2021
Creator:
Vastine, Stephanie Lauren
Partner:
UNT Libraries