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| Original Title: | Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire |
| ISBN: | 0231082738 (ISBN13: 9780231082730) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
Paperback | Pages: 244 pages Rating: 4.11 | 494 Users | 23 Reviews
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This is one of the first books that opened the new theoretical school of queer theory. As such, it made a lot of people mad back in the day and it is still pissing people off today. Sedgwick claims that the patriarchy has been using women to get closer to men. This is where she loses many people. This is where she lost several people in my grad class (you would think a bunch of English majors would read and pay attention). If people would read on they would see that she goes on to say that using women to do that does not make a man gay. It is of making new bonds or strengthening existing ones. It does not mean you do not love the woman you married, but there is still a "bros before ho's" connotation to it. And it is not true of all men, but good grief! If you look around you can see that a lot has not changed since the Middle Ages and that women can still be used as bargaining chips. This makes the patriarchy uncomfortable because homosocial bonding (aka, bros) is all fine and dandy. But the second the homosocial becomes homosexual, everything goes to hell in a hand basket before the offender even knows what happened. This is a very watered-down and condensed summary of Sedgwick's work, and does not do her brilliance justice.
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| Title | : | Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire |
| Author | : | Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 244 pages |
| Published | : | May 20th 1993 by Columbia University Press (first published April 15th 1985) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Philosophy. Theory. GLBT. Queer. LGBT. Criticism. Literary Criticism |
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Ratings: 4.11 From 494 Users | 23 ReviewsWrite-Up Of Books Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire
Very dense reading, but worthwhileA comprehensive study, not only of homosexuality in literature, but "homosocial" desire articulated through love triangles which include the female subject within non-canonical texts. I think I've found some inspiration for my thesis ;-)
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick was an American academician specializing in literary criticism and feminist analysis; she is known as one of the architects of queer theory. Her works reflect an interest in queer performativity, experimental critical writing, non-Lacanian psychoanalysis, Buddhism and pedagogy, the affective theories of Silvan Tomkins and Melanie Klein, and material culture, especially
This book was obviously written with a real passion, genuine enthusiasm, and good intentions. Also, it was one of the first of its kind, so kudos, Ill give Kosofsky that. However, the writing style is simply atrocious. As for your possible reaction to the argumentation in the book: it can go either way--you will either accept Kosofskys interpretation and like the book, or you will see many of her concepts as farfetched, and remain skeptical.
Interesting but dense.
The theories presented in this book have affected me so much that I can't help applying them to everything I see and/or read. Highly intriguing, and TRUE.
Sedgwick uses personal narrative in an interesting way in this foundational queer theory text. I found her to be much more accessible than Butler. Sedgwick explores the idea of "homosexual panic" in both Victorian Lit and contemporary court cases.
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