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Presents new perspectives on representations of female heterosexuality in selected contemporary British and American novels.Drawing on feminist and queer theories of sex, gender and sexuality, this study focuses on female identities at odds with heterosexual norms. In particular, it explores narratives in which the conventional equation between heterosexuality, reproductive sexuality and female identity is questioned. Key Features: A timely exploration of the dynamic relationship between feminist and queer theory Offers close analysis of influential novels by leading contemporary authors, i

American fiction --- English fiction --- Heterosexuality in literature. --- Feminist literary criticism. --- Literary criticism, Feminist --- Feminism and literature --- Feminist criticism --- English literature --- American literature --- History and criticism. --- Literature --- Contemporary Fiction --- sexuality --- queer theory --- women writers --- feminist theory --- critical theory --- Heteronormativity --- Heterosexuality --- Homosexuality --- Human sexuality --- Lesbian --- Spinster

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Heterosexuality in contemporary novels, re-examined using the frameworks of feminism and queer theory. Drawing on feminist and queer theories of sex, gender and sexuality, this study focuses on female identities at odds with heterosexual norms. In particular, it explores narratives in which the conventional equation between heterosexuality, reproductive sexuality and female identity is questioned. Key Features. A timely exploration of the dynamic relationship between feminist and queer theory Insightful close readings of acclaimed novels, including Jeffrey Eugenides' Middlesex, Zoñ Heller's Notes on a Scandal, A. M. Homes' The End of Alice, Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, Alan Warner's Morvern Callar and Sarah Waters' Affinity Topics range from spinsterhood and intergenerational sexuality to transgender and human cloning.

American fiction --- English fiction --- Heterosexuality in literature. --- History and criticism.