Insufferable: Beckett, Gender and Sexuality

Daniela Caselli (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

75 Seiten

2023
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-24477-0 (ISBN)

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Insufferable: Beckett, Gender and Sexuality rethinks the role of gender politics in the oeuvre, demonstrates Beckett's historical importance in the development of the 'antisocial thesis' in queer theory, and shows the work's attachment to sexuality as temporarily consolatory but ultimately unbearable. The Beckett oeuvre might seem unpromising material for gender and sexuality studies, but this is exactly what makes it worth considering. This Element brings to Beckett questions that have emerged from gender, queer, and trans theory, engages with the history of feminism and sexuality studies, and develops a theoretical framework able to account for what we have previously overlooked, underplayed, and misinterpreted in Beckett. In the spirit of being 'on the lookout for an elsewhere', it makes a case for a queerly generative de-idealisation of Beckett as an object of critical study.

1. Introduction; 2. Beckett, gender, sexual politics; 3. Biting, swallowing, and all this stuff; Conclusion; References.

Erscheinungsdatum	10.10.2023
Reihe/Serie	Elements in Beckett Studies
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	127 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-009-24477-9 / 1009244779
ISBN-13	978-1-009-24477-0 / 9781009244770
Zustand	Neuware