Fags, Hags and Queer Sisters: Gender Dissent and Heterosocial Bonding in Gay Culture

by S. Maddison

Overview

Fags, Hags and Queer Sisters is a provocative account of the importance of women and cross-gender identification in gay male culture. It offers a range of cultural readings from Tennessee William's classic A Streetcar Named Desire and Forster's 'gay' novel Maurice through Pulp Fiction , queer lifestyle magazines, Roseanne , slash fan fiction and Jarman's Edward II to Almodovar's camp classic Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown . Theoretically sophisticated, yet passionate, accessible and opinionated, Fags, Hags and Queer Sisters takes issue with many of the sacred cows of contemporary gay politics, and offers a number of new concepts in lesbian and gay theory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333776612
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	10/25/2000
Edition description:	2000
Pages:	221
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

STEPHEN MADDISON works in the Department of Cultural Studies at the University of East London. He has published academic work on gay identity and gender, Tennessee Williams, and autobiography and space. His first publication, a journalistic account of gay men's fascination with Barbra Streisand, appeared in Britain's Gay Times in 1992.

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgements Introduction From Pathology to Gender Dissent: Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire Heterosocial Tendencies Roseanne : Domestic Goddess as Fag Heroine? Pedro Almodovar and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown : The Heterosocial Spectator and Misogyny Conclusion Notes Index

Editorial Reviews

'Maddison's sharp and detailed account of heterosocial relationships between queer men and straight women - and of their representation on stage, in film, on television, and in contemporary fiction - is a 'must read' for anyone concerned with popular culture and cultural studies.' - Alexander Doty, Lehigh University, Pennsylvania

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