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Reattachment Theory: Queer Cinema of Remarriage (a Camera Obscura book)
In Reattachment Theory Lee Wallace argues that homosexualityfar from being the threat to traditional marriage that same-sex marriage opponents have assertedis so integral to its reimagining that all marriage is gay marriage. Drawing on the history of marriage, Stanley Cavell's analysis of Hollywood comedies of remarriage, and readings of recent gay and lesbian films, Wallace shows that queer experiments in domesticity have reshaped the affective and erotic horizons of heterosexual marriage and its defining principles: fidelity, exclusivity, and endurance. Wallace analyzes a series of filmsDorothy Arzner's Read more