Sexual Politics in the Work of Tennessee Williams : Desire Over Protest.

Cover; SEXUAL POLITICS IN THE WORK OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; MANUFACTURING DESIRE; THE SELF-PROCLAIMED REVOLUTIONARY; GENRE MATTERS; TERMINOLOGY AND THEORY; CHAPTER 1: Geiger-counters of rebellion; DEMARCATING A POLITICAL SPACE; A READY-MADE POLITICAL START; POLITICAL FANTASY, POLITICAL NIGHTMARE; POSTSCRIPT APOCALYPSE; ETYMOLOGY; CHAPTER 2: There will be pity for the wild; PRIVATE/PUBLIC; GHOSTS AND THE QUEER OFFSTAGE PRESENCE; A DIFFERENT DIRECTION; POLITICS OR PORNOGRAPHY?; A MUTILATION ATTRACTS THEM.

COVERING THE WATERFRONTNEVER A PREOCCUPATION; CHAPTER 3: Desiring others; RACE AS CONTEXT; STRANGE, SAVAGE, INARTICULATE; DESIRING ANNIHILATION; OWNERSHIP AND DECOLONIZATION; VOLUPTUOUS PASSIVITY; RETRIBUTION; SICILIAN AMERICAN; THE EXPATRIATE DILEMMA; BORDER CROSSINGS; CHAPTER 4: Emotional roots; COMPLETE PROFLIGACY; PARLOUR GAMES; RETICENCE; RECORDING WOMEN'S HISTORY?; 'REAL' WOMEN AND THE POLITICS OF ANDROGYNY; OCCUPYING POSITIONS; Conclusion; Notes; INTRODUCTION; 1 GEIGER-COUNTERS OF REBELLION; 2 THERE WILL BE PITY FOR THE WILD; 3 DESIRING OTHERS; 4 EMOTIONAL ROOTS; CONCLUSION.

Bibliography; PRIMARY TEXTS; MANUSCRIPTS; LETTERS AND BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL; CRITICAL/CONTEXTUAL MATERIAL; WEBSITE MATERIAL; Index.

Is Tennessee Williams a social writer at heart? Hooper questions this view, presenting a new interpretation of the dramatist.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

English.

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