Middlebrow queer : Christopher Isherwood in America

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harker, Jaime
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Isherwood, Christopher, > 1904-1986 > Criticism and interpretation.
Isherwood, Christopher, > 1904-1986.
1900-1999
Homosexuality in literature.
Gay culture in literature.
Homosexuality and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
Literature and society > United States > History > 20th century.
Gay men > Identity.
Gay identity.
Gay men.
Homosexuality.
LGBTQ+ people.
Men.
Monosexuality.
Sexual identity.
Sexual minorities.
Sexual orientation.
Homosexuality and literature.
Literature and society.
Criticism and interpretation.
United States.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Christopher and his readers
  • Isherwood's American incarnation and the gay protest novel
  • "Too queer to be Quaker": gay protest and camp
  • "Fagtrash": pulp paperbacks and Cold War queer readers
  • Sixties' literature and the ascension of camp middlebrow
  • "A delicious purgatory": sex and "salvation"
  • Secret agents and gay identity: Cold War queerness
  • Spiritual trash: Hindus, homos, and gay pulp
  • Christopher Isherwood, gay liberation, and the question of style.

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