Queer Aging in North American Fiction
(Sprache: Englisch)
Exploring representations of queer aging in North American fiction, this book illuminates a rich yet previously unheeded intersection within American culture. At a time when older LGBTQ persons gradually gain visibility in gerontological studies and in the...
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Exploring representations of queer aging in North American fiction, this book illuminates a rich yet previously unheeded intersection within American culture. At a time when older LGBTQ persons gradually gain visibility in gerontological studies and in the media, this work provides a critical perspective concerned with the ways in which the narratives and images we have at our disposal shape our realities. Each chapter shines a spotlight on a significant work of queer fiction, beginning with post-WWII novels and ending with filmic representations of the 2010s, exploring narratives as both reflections and agents of broader cultural negotiations concerning queer sexuality and aging. As a result, the book not only redresses queer aging's history of invisibility, but also reveals narratives of queer aging to be particularly apt in casting new light on the ways in which growing older is perceived and conceptualized in North American culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Queer Aging in North American Fiction “
1| Introduction: Queer Aging and the Significance of Representation A Conspicuous Absence
Locating Queer Aging
Core Themes
Overview of
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Chapters
Part I: The Confines of Straight Time
2 | The Older Lesbian as Predator: Dorothy Baker's Trio: A Novel (1943)
Lesbian Visibility in the First Half of the Twentieth Century
Age Relations: The Older Predator vs. the Younger Victim
The Power of the Heteronormative Timeline
Chrononormativity's Violence
3 | The Menace of Gay Aging: James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room (1956)
The Cultural Climate of the Cold War Era
American Nationality and/as Compulsory Heterosexual Masculinity
The Stereotypical Figure of the Aging Gay Man
The Reader's Critical Perspective
Part II: In an Era of Liberations
4 | Lesbian Feminist Aging: June Arnold's Sister Gin (1975)
The Influence of (Lesbian) Feminism
Menopause as a New Beginning
Defying Stereotypes of Asexuality
Anger as Politics
5 | Gay Times in NYC: Andrew Holleran's Dancer from the Dance (1978)
In the Wake of the Stonewall Riots
The Economy of the Body
Failing the Heteronormative Future
The Margins of the Cultural Screen
Part III: Transitions of the 1990s
6 | Gay Aging after AIDS: Andrew Holleran's The Beauty of Men (1996) The Impact of the AIDS Crisis
Age Anxiety in the Age of AIDS
Trajectories and Spaces of Decline
Living in Limbo - Lark's Queer Temporality
7 | Visible Old Lesbians: Suzette Mayr's The Widows (1998)
Lesbian Hypervisibility and Postmodern Canadian Literature
Bearing a New Self Desire and the Failures of the Aging Body
The Widow as (Ghosted) Lesbian
Part IV: Queer Aging in the Young Twenty-First Century
8 | New Stories About Gay Aging: Mike Mills' Beginners (2010)
Into the Twenty-First Century
Constructing Identity Through Narrative
The Framework of History
Becoming Real
9 | Lesbian Aging Hits The Road: Thom Fitzgerald's Cloudburst (2011)
Twenty-First Century Lesbian Road Movie A Salty Old Woman
Physical Decline, Ageism, and Caregiving
Marriage Equality and Kinship Systems
Part V: Queer Aging Now
10 | Conclusion: Ask What Queer Aging Can Do For You
Tracing a History
The Current Moment of Queer Aging in North American Fiction
The Future (of Queer Aging) Is Now
Index
Part I: The Confines of Straight Time
2 | The Older Lesbian as Predator: Dorothy Baker's Trio: A Novel (1943)
Lesbian Visibility in the First Half of the Twentieth Century
Age Relations: The Older Predator vs. the Younger Victim
The Power of the Heteronormative Timeline
Chrononormativity's Violence
3 | The Menace of Gay Aging: James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room (1956)
The Cultural Climate of the Cold War Era
American Nationality and/as Compulsory Heterosexual Masculinity
The Stereotypical Figure of the Aging Gay Man
The Reader's Critical Perspective
Part II: In an Era of Liberations
4 | Lesbian Feminist Aging: June Arnold's Sister Gin (1975)
The Influence of (Lesbian) Feminism
Menopause as a New Beginning
Defying Stereotypes of Asexuality
Anger as Politics
5 | Gay Times in NYC: Andrew Holleran's Dancer from the Dance (1978)
In the Wake of the Stonewall Riots
The Economy of the Body
Failing the Heteronormative Future
The Margins of the Cultural Screen
Part III: Transitions of the 1990s
6 | Gay Aging after AIDS: Andrew Holleran's The Beauty of Men (1996) The Impact of the AIDS Crisis
Age Anxiety in the Age of AIDS
Trajectories and Spaces of Decline
Living in Limbo - Lark's Queer Temporality
7 | Visible Old Lesbians: Suzette Mayr's The Widows (1998)
Lesbian Hypervisibility and Postmodern Canadian Literature
Bearing a New Self Desire and the Failures of the Aging Body
The Widow as (Ghosted) Lesbian
Part IV: Queer Aging in the Young Twenty-First Century
8 | New Stories About Gay Aging: Mike Mills' Beginners (2010)
Into the Twenty-First Century
Constructing Identity Through Narrative
The Framework of History
Becoming Real
9 | Lesbian Aging Hits The Road: Thom Fitzgerald's Cloudburst (2011)
Twenty-First Century Lesbian Road Movie A Salty Old Woman
Physical Decline, Ageism, and Caregiving
Marriage Equality and Kinship Systems
Part V: Queer Aging Now
10 | Conclusion: Ask What Queer Aging Can Do For You
Tracing a History
The Current Moment of Queer Aging in North American Fiction
The Future (of Queer Aging) Is Now
Index
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Autoren-Porträt von Linda M. Hess
Linda M. Hess is Assistant Professor of American Studies (wissenschaftl. Mitarbeiterin) at the Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. She has published articles on the intersection of aging studies and queer studies, and she is co-editor of E xploring the Fantastic: Genre, Ideology, and Popular Culture (2018). Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Linda M. Hess
- 2019, 1st ed. 2019, XI, 240 Seiten, Masse: 15,3 x 21,6 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 3030034658
- ISBN-13: 9783030034658
- Erscheinungsdatum: 05.02.2019
Sprache:
Englisch
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