Reattachment Theory: Queer Cinema of Remarriage

by Lee Wallace

Book Overview

In Reattachment Theory Lee Wallace argues that homosexuality-far from being the threat to "traditional" marriage that same-sex marriage opponents have asserted-is so integral to its reimagining that all marriage is gay marriage. Drawing on the history of marriage, Stanley Cavell's analysis of Hollywood comedies of remarriage, and readings of recent gay and lesbian films, Wallace shows that queer experiments in domesticity have reshaped the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478008105
• ISBN13: 9781478008101
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"