Queer(y)ing Bodily Norms in Francophone Culture questions how a wide
selection of restrictive norms come to bear on the body, through a
close analysis of a range of texts, media and genres originating from
across the francophone world and spanning the twentieth and
twenty-first centuries. Each essay troubles hegemonic, monolithic
perceptions and portrayals of racial, class, gender, sexual and/or
national identity, rethinking bodily norms as portrayed in literature,
film, theatre and digital media specifically from a queer and querying
perspective. The volume thus takes «queer(y)ing» as its guiding
methodology, an approach to culture and society which examines,
questions and challenges normativity in all of its guises. The term
«queer(y)ing» retains the celebratory tone of the term «queer» but
avoids appropriating the identity of the LGBTQ+ community, a group
which remains marginalized to this day. The publication reveals that
evaluating the bodily norms depicted in francophone culture through a
queer and querying lens allows us to fragment often oppressive and
restrictive norms, and ultimately transform them.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781789975154
Publisert
2021
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok