Denis M Provencher

Queer French

Globalization, Language, and Sexual Citizenship in France

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Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on material from a diverse array of media, Queer French examines the tensions between Anglo-American and French articulations of homosexuality and sexual citizenship in the context of contemporary French popular culture and first-person narratives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781138264571
• ISBN-10: 1138264571
• Artikelnr.: 48214758

Autorenporträt

Denis M. Provencher is Assistant Professor of French and Intercultural Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA. He has published widely in the field and has had work appear in French Cultural Studies, Contemporary French Civilization, Contemporary French & Francophone Studies (SITES), Speaking in Queer Tongues (2004) and The Sitcom Reader (2005).

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 IntroductionGlobalization and the French (Gay) Resistance
Part 1 Theoretical Considerations
Chapter 1a An Assault on French Gay Culture
Chapter 2 The Next Gene(t)ration: Genet as an Authentic Model for Queer French
Part 2 Everyday Expressions
Chapter 3 French Articulations of the Closet and Coming Out
Chapter 4 S'assumer dans la famille: Coming out in the French (Republican) Family
Chapter 5 Gay Paris: Language, Sexuality, and Space in the French Capital
Chapter 6 ConclusionA Queer French Model for the 21st Century