Fetishism and Its Discontents in Post-1960 American Fiction

By Christopher Kocela

Book Overview

PART I: FETISHISM FROM THEORY TO FICTION A Parallax History of Fetish Theory No Ideas but in Fetishes: Reed's Mumbo Jumbo PART II: FICTIONS OF THE FEMALE FETISH Queering Lesbian Fetishism in Pynchon's V. Resighting Gender Theory: Butler's Lesbian Phallus in Acker's Pussy PART III: POMO-PORNOLOGIES Domesticating Fantasy: S/M Fetishism and Coover's Spanking the Maid Narrating the Death Drive: Automotive S intho Mosexuality and John Hawkes's Travesty Conclusion: Longing on a Large Scale: Underworld and Europe Central

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349287431
• ISBN13: 9781349287437
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"