TONI MORRISON AND THE QUEER PLEASURE OF GHOSTS By Juda Bennett - Hardcover

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ISBN-10
1438453558
Book Title
Toni Morrison and the Queer Pleasure of Ghosts
Genre
Literary Criticism
ISBN
9781438453552
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
STATE University of New York Press
ISBN-10
1438453558
ISBN-13
9781438453552
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201586455

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
215 Pages
Publication Name
Toni Morrison and the Queer Pleasure of Ghosts
Language
English
Publication Year
2014
Subject
Women Authors, American / African American, American / General, LGBT
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism
Author
Juda Bennett
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
15.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2013-048556
Dewey Edition
23
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 From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments 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
Synopsis
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., 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.
LC Classification Number
PS3563.O8749Z55 2014

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