Imaginative Resistance, Queer Fiction and the Law: Same-Sex Desire and the Good Life in Heteronormative Orders free ebook download.

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Author(s):	Aleardo Zanghellini

Date:	2024	Format:	pdf	Language:	English	ISBN/ASIN:	1032037474
Pages:	176	OCR:		Quality:		ISBN13:
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Imaginative Resistance, Queer Fiction and the Law develops a novel account of how heteronormative sociolegal orders undermine the well-being of same-sex attracted people, even when these normative orders may fall short of coercively interfering with their choices. Queer well-being is generally studied from psychological perspectives, through the concept of minority stress.
Taking four texts of mid-century Anglo-American queer fiction as illustrative case studies, this book argues  in a philosophical rather than a psychological register  that heteronormativity also affects queer well-being in more intangible ways. The central claim is that heteronormativity shackles the imagination: it curtails no less the imaginative reach of authors of queer fiction, than our ability  engaged as we are in projects of self-authorship  to make-believe personal futures in which same-sex intimacy is brought to bear on our well-being. The books central claim re-works a concept central to the philosophy of fiction  imaginative resistance  and puts it into service of questions raised in moral philosophy. Apart from its political and normative implications  strengthening the case for at least some global gay rights  and from challenging some of queer theorys orthodoxies, the book also makes contributions to queer literary history, criticism and biography. Drawing on archival material and personal interviews, fresh readings are offered of Charles Jacksons
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