Synopses & Reviews
Fags, Hags and Queer Sisters is a provocative account of the importance of women and cross-gender identification in "gay" male culture. It offers a range of cultural readings from Tennessee William's classic
A Streetcar Named Desire and Forster's 'gay' novel
Maurice through Pulp Fiction, queer lifestyle magazines,
Roseanne, slash fan fiction, and Jarman's Edward II to Almodovar's camp classic
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Theoretically sophisticated, yet passionate, accessible and opinionated,
Fags, Hags and Queer Sisters takes issue with many of the sacred cows of contemporary gay politics, and offers a number of new concepts in lesbian and gay theory.
About the Author
Stephen Maddison is Lecturer in Cultural Studies, University of East London.
Table of Contents
Summary * Introduction * From Pathology to Gender Dissent: Tennessee Williams's
A Streetcar Named Desire * Heterosocial Tendencies *Dissident Affiliations: Roseanne: How Does a Domestic Goddess Overcome Homosociality? *Dissident Affiliations (2): Pedro Almodovar and
Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown: : How Does a Camp Spectator Get Over Misogyny? * Conclusion