Queer Commodities
Contemporary US Fiction, Consumer Capitalism, and Gay and Lesbian Subcultures
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, American, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies
| Author: | G. Davidson | ISBN: | 9781137011244 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | February 27, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | G. Davidson |
| ISBN: | 9781137011244 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication: | February 27, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
Queer Commoditiesis the first book-length analysis of same-sexuality and consumer capitalism in contemporary US fiction. Moving beyond the critical tendencies to identify gay and lesbian subcultures as either hopelessly immersed in consumer capitalism or heroically resistant to it, Guy Davidson argues that while these subcultures are necessarily commodified, they also provide means of subversively negotiating aspects of life under capitalism.
Queer Commoditiesis the first book-length analysis of same-sexuality and consumer capitalism in contemporary US fiction. Moving beyond the critical tendencies to identify gay and lesbian subcultures as either hopelessly immersed in consumer capitalism or heroically resistant to it, Guy Davidson argues that while these subcultures are necessarily commodified, they also provide means of subversively negotiating aspects of life under capitalism.
