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Toni Morrison and the Queer Pleasure of Ghosts by Juda Bennett (2015, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSTATE University of New York Press
ISBN-101438453566
ISBN-139781438453569
eBay Product ID (ePID)215228646
Product Key Features
Number of Pages215 Pages
Publication NameToni Morrison and the Queer Pleasure of Ghosts
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAmerican / African American, Women Authors, American / General, LGBT
Publication Year2015
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism
AuthorJuda Bennett
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight10.8 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2013-048556
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Love is probably the most popular topic among Morrison scholars, but Juda Bennett trumps the rest with her fresh approach." -- American Literary Scholarship "This important contribution to Morrison scholarship suggests productive new ways to interpret her individual novels and her oeuvre and makes interesting new links among her works as well." -- CHOICE, "This important contribution to Morrison scholarship suggests productive new ways to interpret her individual novels and her oeuvre and makes interesting new links among her works as well." -- CHOICE
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Spirit: Sula Haunts Beloved 3. Houses: Beloved Haunts Paradise 4. Matriarchy: Paradise Haunts Love 5. Music: Love Haunts Song of Solomon 6. Voice: Song of Solomon Haunts Jazz 7. Blackness: Jazz Haunts Tar Baby 8. Whiteness: Tar Baby Haunts A Mercy 9. Mutable Bodies: The Bluest Eye Haunts Home 10. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
SynopsisToni Morrison and the Queer Pleasure of Ghosts radically intervenes in one of the most established and sacred topics in Toni Morrison scholarship, love. Moving beyond Morrison's representation of ghosts as the forgotten or occluded past, Juda Bennett uncovers how Morrison imagines the spectral sphere as always already queer, a provocation and challenge to heteronormativity--with the ghost appearing as an active participant in disruptions of compulsory heterosexuality, as a figure embodying closet desires, or as a disembodied emanation that counterpoints homophobia. From The Bluest Eye to Home , Morrison's novels have included many queer ghosts that challenge our most cherished conceptions of love and speak to cultural anxieties about black sexualities, gay marriage, AIDS, lesbian visibility, and transgender identities. Not surprisingly, the scene-stealing ghost Beloved appears at the very heart of this book, but Bennett cautions against interpretative stasis, inviting readers to break free of the stranglehold Beloved has had on imaginations, so as not to miss the full force of Morrison's lifelong project to queer love., Offers the first queer reading of all ten of Morrison's novels. Toni Morrison and the Queer Pleasure of Ghosts radically intervenes in one of the most established and sacred topics in Toni Morrison scholarship, love. Moving beyond Morrison's representation of ghosts as the forgotten or occluded past, Juda Bennett uncovers how Morrison imagines the spectral sphere as always already queer, a provocation and challenge to heteronormativity-with the ghost appearing as an active participant in disruptions of compulsory heterosexuality, as a figure embodying closet desires, or as a disembodied emanation that counterpoints homophobia. From The Bluest Eye to Home , Morrison's novels have included many queer ghosts that challenge our most cherished conceptions of love and speak to cultural anxieties about black sexualities, gay marriage, AIDS, lesbian visibility, and transgender identities. Not surprisingly, the scene-stealing ghost Beloved appears at the very heart of this book, but Bennett cautions against interpretative stasis, inviting readers to break free of the stranglehold Beloved has had on imaginations, so as not to miss the full force of Morrison's lifelong project to queer love.
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