Cultural Politics / Queer Reading

Following on from a first publication that generated massive widespreaddebates Cultural Politics Queer Reading is a bold and enduring study onthe future of cri... » 

Following on from a first publication that generated massive widespreaddebates Cultural Politics Queer Reading is a bold and enduring study onthe future of critical theory and the role of gender ethnic and cultureswithin academic literary studies. An illuminating new introduction written forthis edition revisits the books agenda for a new form of cultural critiqueand a truly political lesbian and gay studies and Sinfield renews his call foran Englit that incorporates ongoing study of the cultures of ethnicitygender and sexuality. Challenging the assumptions that have shaped the study ofEnglish literature Sinfield engages provocatively with topics such as thegendering of literary culture the sexual politics of psychoanalysis duringthe Cold War the history of cultural materialism and discusses principalfigures such as William Shakespeare Christopher Marlowe Walt Whitman ArthurMiller Holly Hughes Audre Lorde and Jeanette Winterson. This is a broadlyinfluential investigation of the principles and practice that may formdissident reading and a compelling argument for intellectual allegiancesbeyond the academy. «