Rereading Heterosexuality: Feminism, Queer Theory, and Contemporary Fiction

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Re-examines an aspect of gendered and sexual identity often taken for granted: heterosexuality. Rachel Carroll provides innovative readings of novels by leading contemporary authors. Drawing on feminist and queer theories of gender and sexuality, the book takes as its distinctive focus the representation of female identities which do not conform to heterosexual norms. Specifically, it explores representations which serve to question the conventional equation between heterosexuality, reproductive sexuality and female identity.x95; Brings together work from two important frameworks: feminism and queer theoryx95; Provides original textual applications of theoretical perspectives to contemporary fictionx95; Offers close analysis of influential novels by leading contemporary authors, including Jeffrey Eugenides's Middlesex (2002), ZoxEB; Heller's Notes on a Scandal (2003), Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go (2005), Alan Warner's Morvern Callar (1995), A.M Homes's The End of Alice (1996), and Sarah Waters's Affinity (1999).

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Dr Rachel Carroll is a Lecturer in the School of Arts and Media at the University of Teeside.