Literally: The Queerness of Things Just as They Are

A lively and accessible look at how queer artists turn everyday culture into surprising sites of humor, insight, and creative possibility

What happens when we take things literally? In Literally: The Queerness of Things Just as They Are, Michael P. Bibler argues that the literal, so often dismissed as obvious or unremarkable, has been a powerful and playful tool in queer cultural production. Examining music, literature, film, and visual art from the 1980s to the present, Bibler shows how que...