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Queer Commodities by G. Davidson

Queer Commodities

Contemporary US Fiction, Consumer Capitalism, and Gay and Lesbian Subcultures

G. Davidson, Guy Davidson

Palgrave Macmillan · Print & ebook · February 10, 2012

Queer Literary Criticism21st Century Literature
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Who it’s for
Guy Davidson examines how commodification and subversive negotiation coexist in contemporary US fiction.
Genres
Queer Literary Criticism, 21st Century Literature
Published
Palgrave Macmillan, February 10, 2012

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About this book

Queer Commoditiesis the first book-length analysis of same-sexuality and consumer capitalism in contemporary US fiction. Moving beyond the critical tendencies to identify gay and lesbian subcultures as either hopelessly immersed in consumer capitalism or heroically resistant to it, Guy Davidson argues that while these subcultures are necessarily commodified, they also provide means of subversively negotiating aspects of life under capitalism.

Fiction and Commodities

Guy Davidson examines how commodification and subversive negotiation coexist in contemporary US fiction.

Come here for

  • Same-sexuality in contemporary US fiction
  • Gay and lesbian subcultures under consumer capitalism

Expect

  • An analysis of consumer capitalism in fiction
  • A challenge to simple resistance-or-complicity readings

Where it sits

Queer Literary Criticism95%
21st Century Literature28%

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Publisher categories

  • Creative Writing
  • Sociology
Authors
G. Davidson, Guy Davidson
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Published
February 10, 2012
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Creative Writing