Description
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.
'Part of a recently renewed queer critical interest in capitalism and commodity cultures, Queer Commodities repurposes the concept of the subcultural in order to make clear that commodification is the ambivalent heart of our most cherished queer collectivities. Davidson is as punchy and compelling as the clutch of contemporary American queer fiction on which he draws.' - Annamarie Jagose, author of Inconsequence: Lesbian Representation and the Logic of Sexual Sequence
About the Author
GUY DAVIDSONLecturer of English Literature at the University of Wollongong, Australia.
Reviews
Book Information
ISBN 9780230340497
Author G. Davidson
Format Hardback
Page Count 190
Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
'Part of a recently renewed queer critical interest in capitalism and commodity cultures, Queer Commodities repurposes the concept of the subcultural in order to make clear that commodification is the ambivalent heart of our most cherished queer collectivities. Davidson is as punchy and compelling as the clutch of contemporary American queer fiction on which he draws.' - Annamarie Jagose, author of Inconsequence: Lesbian Representation and the Logic of Sexual Sequence
About the Author
GUY DAVIDSONLecturer of English Literature at the University of Wollongong, Australia.
Reviews
"Guy Davidson's Queer Commodities: Contemporary US Fiction, Consumer Capitalism, and Gay and Lesbian Subculture invites readers to re-evaluate literary representations of consumerism in recent fictional renderings of gay and lesbian subculture. ... Davidson's monograph will be of interest to scholars invested in the study of contemporary US fiction and consumer culture and recent literary representations of gay and lesbian subculture." (A Year's Work in English Studies, 2015)
Book Information
ISBN 9780230340497
Author G. Davidson
Format Hardback
Page Count 190
Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
