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Author(s): Dr Michael S. D. Hooper
ISBN(s): 9781107015364, 1107015367
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 2.38 MB
Year: 2012
Language: english
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ISBN 10:         1107015367
ISBN 13: 978-1107015364
Author:          Michael S. D. Hooper

Michael S. D. Hooper reverses the recent trend of regarding Tennessee Williams as fundamentally a social writer following the discovery, publication and/or performance of plays from both ends of his career – the ‘proletarian’ apprentice years of Candles to the Sun and Not About Nightingales and the once overlooked final period of, amongst many other plays, The Red Devil Battery Sign. Hooper contends that recent criticism has exaggerated the political engagement and egalitarian credentials of a writer whose characters and situations revert to a reactionary politics of the individual dominated by the negotiation of sexual power. Directly, or more often indirectly, Williams’ writing expresses social disaffection before glamorizing the outcast and shelving thoughts of political change. Through detailed analysis of canonical texts the book sheds new light on Williams’ work, as well as on the cultural and social life of mid-twentieth-century America.
 

Sexual Politics in the Work of Tennessee Williams Desire Over Protest 1st Table of contents:

Chapter 1: The Theater of Desire

  • Desire as a Central Theme in Williams’ Plays
  • Sexuality and Gender Roles in A Streetcar Named Desire
  • The Fluidity of Sexual Identity in Williams’ Characters

Chapter 2: Subverting the American Dream

  • Williams’ Critique of Traditional American Ideals
  • Desire as Resistance to Conformity and the American Dream
  • The Depiction of Non-Normative Sexuality in Post-War America

Chapter 3: Sexual Identity and Power Dynamics

  • Gendered Power and the Struggle for Autonomy
  • Williams’ Portrayal of Dominance and Submission in Relationships
  • The Role of Class and Economic Struggles in Sexual Politics

Chapter 4: The Masculine and the Feminine: Ambiguities and Tensions

  • The Complexity of Gender in Williams’ Male and Female Characters
  • Reversing Traditional Gender Roles and Expectations
  • Williams’ Exploration of Androgyny and Sexual Fluidity

Chapter 5: Homosexuality and the Closet in Williams’ Plays

  • The Subtext of Homosexual Desire in Williams’ Characters
  • Repression and Liberation: The Glass Menagerie and The Rose Tattoo
  • Williams as a Queer Writer: Reading Between the Lines

Chapter 6: Desire and Social Protest: A Subversive Politics

  • Williams’ Political Critique through Sexual Desire
  • The Role of Protest and Activism in the Representation of Desire
  • Characters’ Struggles Against Social and Political Structures

Chapter 7: Trauma, Desire, and the Body

  • Williams’ Depictions of Physical and Emotional Pain
  • The Relationship Between Trauma and the Expression of Desire
  • Desire as Healing or Destruction: Analyzing The Night of the Iguana

Chapter 8: The Legacy of Tennessee Williams and Sexual Politics

  • How Williams’ Exploration of Desire and Sexuality Shaped American Theater
  • Influence on LGBTQ+ Rights and Cultural Movements
  • Revisiting Williams’ Work in Contemporary Contexts of Sexual Politics

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