Writing the Voice of Pleasure

Heterosexuality without Women
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-1-349-38691-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 273 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 366 g

The Voice of Pleasure makes a persuasive and fascinating argument that the romantic couple of Western representation is not heterosexual. Nor is it homosexual. With insightful new readings of landmarks of Western culture from Tristan and Yseut to Seinfeld, Callahan demonstrates that the illusion of heterosexuality is created by a male artist's assumption of a feminine voice to express desire. Named the 'troubadour effect' for the first time here, this tradition of male femininity in romantic writing results in a cultural model of desire best described as 'heterosexuality without women.' The most compelling aspect of the book is its attention to the effect of this paradox on women writers. Illuminating her argument with striking examples from the 'troubairitz' to Toni Morrison, the author shows how women writers inscribe their 'vagabondage,' a term she coins to name the consequences of the 'troubadour effect' for women's agency, as both writers and lovers.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Callahan, A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Occitania: The Culture of Love Vagabondage in the Age of Chivalry La Nouvelle Elle et Lui(se): Sand Reads Rousseau Le Vieux Troubadour: George Sand The Vagabond, a Modern Heroine The Voice of Pleasure: The Troubadour Continuum

Über Autor(innen)

ANNE CALLAHAN is Professor of French at Loyola University Chicago. She is the author of Erotic Love in Literature: From Medieval Legend to Romantic Illusion.