Gay Signatures: Gay and Lesbian Theory, Fiction and Film in France, 1945-1995

Book Overview

This interdisciplinary book responds to the explosion of gay and lesbian creativity on modern-day France. Rather than attempting to formalize a specifically 'gay' or 'lesbian' style or identity, the authors seek to open up new 'homotextualities, ' understood here as ongoing constructions and deconstructions of both homosexuality and its environments. They investigate the work of (among others) Violette Leduc, Tony Duvert, Renaud Camus, and Guy Hocquenghem;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1859739873
• ISBN13: 9781859739877
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"