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"Homoplot analyses the lesbian, gay and bisexual coming-out story in fiction and autobiography from the late 1960s to the present day. These stories are recognised as an invaluable record of lesbian, gay or bisexual life. However, this book illuminates their equally vital role as active tools in the arduous project of creating gay, lesbian and bisexual identities - constructing the identities they seem to describe. Homoplot shows how a popular twist of the plot, or a single common character trait, can be a powerful intervention into sexual politics. Approaching these texts with the tools of…
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1 edition- Paperback · English · 2008Peter Lang Pub Inc · 206 pages · 9780820488752
Gays' writings, history and criticismGender identity in literatureGays, identityHomosexuality in literatureLesbians in literatureBisexualityGays' writings, EnglishHistory and criticism