Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Reattachment Theory: Queer Cinema of Remarriage

0/5 ( ratings)

In Reattachment Theory Lee Wallace argues that homosexuality?far from being the threat to ?traditional? marriage that same-sex marriage opponents have asserted?is so integral to its reimagining that all marriage is gay marriage. Drawing on the history of marriage, Stanley Cavell's analysis of Hollywood comedies of remarriage, and readings of recent gay and lesbian films, Wallace shows that queer experiments in domesticity have reshaped the affective and erotic horizons of heterosexual marriage and its defining principles: fidelity, exclusivity, and endurance. Wallace analyses a series of films?Dorothy Arzner's Craig's Wife ; Tom Ford's A Single Man ; Lisa Cholodenko's High Art , Laurel Canyon , and The Kids Are All Right ; and Andrew Haigh's Weekend and 45 Years ?that, she contends, do not simply reflect social and legal changes; they fundamentally alter our sense of what sexual attachment involves as both a social and a romantic form.

Pages: 264

Format: Paperback

ISBN 13: 9781478008101

Reattachment Theory: Queer Cinema of Remarriage

0/5 ( ratings)

In Reattachment Theory Lee Wallace argues that homosexuality?far from being the threat to ?traditional? marriage that same-sex marriage opponents have asserted?is so integral to its reimagining that all marriage is gay marriage. Drawing on the history of marriage, Stanley Cavell's analysis of Hollywood comedies of remarriage, and readings of recent gay and lesbian films, Wallace shows that queer experiments in domesticity have reshaped the affective and erotic horizons of heterosexual marriage and its defining principles: fidelity, exclusivity, and endurance. Wallace analyses a series of films?Dorothy Arzner's Craig's Wife ; Tom Ford's A Single Man ; Lisa Cholodenko's High Art , Laurel Canyon , and The Kids Are All Right ; and Andrew Haigh's Weekend and 45 Years ?that, she contends, do not simply reflect social and legal changes; they fundamentally alter our sense of what sexual attachment involves as both a social and a romantic form.

Pages: 264

Format: Paperback

ISBN 13: 9781478008101

More books from Lee Wallace

La Éltima Voluntad

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

Rapture Ready

Cinnamon Benefits: Wonderful Cinnamon for Treats and Health

Learn to Bounce: From a high-tech layoff to your ideal work

Rate this book!

Write a review?