Law and Sexuality in Tennessee Williams's America.

By:

O'Connor, Jacqueline

Material type: Text

TextSeries: The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Law, Culture, and the Humanities SeriesPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (229 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781611478945

Subject(s):

Williams, Tennessee - Criticism and interpretation

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Law and Sexuality in Tennessee Williams's AmericaDDC classification:

812.54

LOC classification:

K184 -- .O266 2016eb

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Contents:

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Privacy and Identity -- Chapter Two: The Power of Disgust -- Chapter Three: The Fugitive Kind -- Chapter Four: The Politics of Recognition -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Summary: This book explores the diverse representation of sexualities in Tennessee Williams's texts and argues for his creative response to the increase, prior to and following World War II, in criminal prosecution of transgressive sexual activity. It expands longstanding scholarly assessments of Williams's work, using the law as a framework to assess this writer's role as a cultural, political, and legal force participating in the normalization of diverse sexualities, during his lifetime and beyond.

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This book explores the diverse representation of sexualities in Tennessee Williams's texts and argues for his creative response to the increase, prior to and following World War II, in criminal prosecution of transgressive sexual activity. It expands longstanding scholarly assessments of Williams's work, using the law as a framework to assess this writer's role as a cultural, political, and legal force participating in the normalization of diverse sexualities, during his lifetime and beyond.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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