Sade: Queer Theorist

by William F. Edmiston

In an era when both Church and State assigned gender roles and defined sexual practices in terms of male/female, lawful/illicit, Sade's extensive accounts of sexual activity were categorized as deviant, prurient or provocative. William F. Edmiston explores how Sade's unique challenge to sexual, moral and social taboos anticipates the discourses of queer theory.

Following an overview of queer theory, Edmiston examines the categories of sex,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0729410641
• ISBN13: 9780729410649
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Voltaire Foundation
• Length: 254 Pages