Gay signatures : gay and lesbian theory, fiction and film in France, 1945-1995 /

Gay signatures : gay and lesbian theory, fiction and film in France, 1945-1995 / edited by Owen Heathcote, Alex Hughes and James S. Williams. - Oxford ; New York : Berg, 1998. - x, 227 p. ; 25 cm. - Berg French studies, 1354-3636 . - Berg French studies. .

Brief bio-bibliographical notes on contributors: p. ix-x.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-224) and index.

Reading gay signatures / Cruising (through) encounters / Reconsidering 'gay': Hocquenghem, identity politics and the Baroque / Are lesbians women? The relationship between lesbianism and feminism in the work of Luce Irigaray and Monique Wittig / The outlaw returns: Homos vs. tradition in the new work of Leo Bersani / Commodifying queer: Violette Leduc's autobiographical homotextualities / 'Hardly grazing', Josiane Balasko's Gazon maudit (1995): the mise-en-textes and mise-en-scène of sexuality/ies / 'A walk along the side of the motorway': AIDS and the spectacular body of Hervé Guibert / Jobs for the boys? Or: What's new about the male hunter in Duvert, Guibert and Jourdan? / Visions of excess: filming/writing the gay self in Collard's Savage Nights / Owen Heathcote, Alex Hughes, and James S. Williams -- Michael Worton -- Bill Marshall -- Renate Günther -- James S. Williams -- Alex Hughes -- Susan Hayward -- Murray Pratt -- Owen Heathcote -- Brigitte Rollet and James S. Williams. Introduction:

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French fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Homosexuality in literature.
Homosexuality and literature--France.
Homosexuality in motion pictures.
Homosexuality and motion pictures--France.
Gay and lesbian studies--France.

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