Beyond the Heteronorm

Interrogating Critical Alterities in Global Art and Literature

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

Beyond the Heteronorm: Interrogating Critical Alterities in Global Art and Literature explores exclusionary practices inspired by the construct of gender and how these conventions often misconstrue and convolute sex, gender, and sexual orientation. The contributors to this collection examine literary and visual representations of critical alterities from around the globe to produce empathic and inclusive analyses of experiences shared between diverse subordinated and minoritized socio-cultural entities and collectives. Organized into three parts, the chapters critique the concepts of personhood, performativity, and the post-binary. This edited collection deconstructs gender essentialism and embraces gender inclusivity in both theory and practice.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-04-02
Mått:159 x 236 x 24 mm
Vikt:540 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:242
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781666910933

Utforska kategorier

HBTQ+ inom Samhälle och politik
Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Dr. Subhadeep Paul is assistant professor of English in the School of Literature, Language and Cultural Studies at Bankura University.Goutam Majhi is assistant professor of English at Sadhan Chandra Mahavidyalaya, in affiliation with the University of Calcutta.

Recensioner i media

Beyond the Heteronorm contributes significantly to a range of emergent and established fields such as feminist literary studies, queer studies, and transgender studies. Interrogating the tenets of heteronormativity, this timely collection calls attention to the ways in which diverse creative works and cultural practices engage critical alterities.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: The Formless Shape: An Analysis of Ana Mendieta’s Silueta Body Artwork from an “Eerie” perspective Chapter 2: Sanitising the Erotic: Women’s Body in the Ritual Performance of Jagoi RaasChapter 3: Objectification of the Female Breast: A re-reading of Mahasweta Devi’s Breast Giver and Yogesh Pagare’s MulakaramChapter 4: Critiquing the Socio-cultural Gender Dynamics of Select Bengali Ghost FictionChapter 5: Zami: Embracing the BodyChapter 6: “Straight But Not Narrow”: An Ally Confronts Homophobia through LitostChapter 7: Cultural Currencies and Pathways to Queer Acceptance in RwandaChapter 8: Being Single: The Plight of Spinsters and Divorcees in Urban KolkataChapter 9: Bodies and Identity: The Dynamics of female identity in third generation Nigerian writingChapter 10: Motherhood—An Inseparable Fragment of Feminist Discourse in Mariama Ba’s So Long a LetterChapter 11: Problematizing the Gaze: Cindy Sherman’s Depiction of Femininity in The Complete Untitled Film Stills Chapter 12: Virulent Mistresses: Bionomical-Opposition in Select Renaissance Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi and Judith LeysterChapter 13: Unveiling the Veil: A Study of the Political Role of Muslim Women in Medieval IndiaChapter 14: The Shade: A Trans* Experience of Creative Resistance Chapter 15: Teary-Eyed Tough Guys: Why Manshaming and Feminist Sons Don’t Go Together?