They Aren't, Until I Call Them
Performing the Subject in American Literature
(Sprache: Englisch)
In the story of the three baseball umpires, two novice umpires compete in boasting how they respect «truth» and the way things «really» are. One says, «I call them the way I see them»; the other, trying to trump this remark, responds, «I call them the way...
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In the story of the three baseball umpires, two novice umpires compete in boasting how they respect «truth» and the way things «really» are. One says, «I call them the way I see them»; the other, trying to trump this remark, responds, «I call them the way they are». Then enters the third, most seasoned umpire, saying, «They aren't, until I call them».This book deals with two widely argued issues in literature criticism today, performativity and subjectivity. How do people become who they are? What scripts do they follow when they «do» gender, race, and sexuality? Tying into speech act theories and subjectivity theories, as well as gender, race, and sexuality studies, the author explores - through the close reading of several American texts - the many ways words make «things» in literature.
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Contents: The logocentric performative - Performative theories of the subject - Performing gender in American literature (normative performances vs. transgressive performativity) - Performing sexuality in American literature (conceptualizing the homosexual, gay readings) - Performing passing in American literature (gender, race, class passing).
Autoren-Porträt von Enikö Bollobás
The Author: Enikö Bollobás is Associate Professor of American Studies at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. She has published three books on American literature, including the award-winning history of American literature (Budapest, 2005) and a monograph on the poet Charles Olson (New York, 1992).
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- Autor: Enikö Bollobás
- 2010, 236 Seiten, Maße: 14,8 x 21 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Peter Lang Ltd. International Academic Publishers
- ISBN-10: 3631589824
- ISBN-13: 9783631589823
- Erscheinungsdatum: 08.01.2010
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Englisch
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