Joshua Adair
Biographic Data
| ID | 3860721 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joshua Adair |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joshua |
| FAMILY NAME | Adair |
| SIGNATURE | ADAIR J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Murray State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
'Could not want a lover … more than freedom'
Using J. Jack Halberstam's theories of queer failure, this essay examines Sarah Waters's neo-Victorian novels Affinity and Fingersmith. The author argues that we must read Waters’s novels as narratives of queer failure, rich with negative potential for scuttling normativity and dismantling schemas of queer progress, while resisting the temptation to insert narratives of progress or positivity
Oh [Queer] Pioneers! Narrating Queer Lives in Virtual Museums
This study examines the current approach of virtual museums in presenting the lives of queer subjects, especially when a subject's queerness is either almost completely obscured or seriously misrepresented in favor of a less controversial, more readily marketable version. Examining the Willa Cather Foundation virtual museum, this study critiques the selective erasure of various facets of historic figures' lives and explores alternative approaches…
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Oh [Queer] Pioneers! Narrating Queer Lives in Virtual Museums
This study examines the current approach of virtual museums in presenting the lives of queer subjects, especially when a subject's queerness is either almost completely obscured or seriously misrepresented in favor of a less controversial, more readily marketable version. Examining the Willa Cather Foundation virtual museum, this study critiques the selective erasure of various facets of historic figures' lives and explores alternative approaches…
'Could not want a lover … more than freedom'
Using J. Jack Halberstam's theories of queer failure, this essay examines Sarah Waters's neo-Victorian novels Affinity and Fingersmith. The author argues that we must read Waters’s novels as narratives of queer failure, rich with negative potential for scuttling normativity and dismantling schemas of queer progress, while resisting the temptation to insert narratives of progress or positivity
Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Queer (2 works) · Queer theory (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · American and British Literature Analysis (1 work) · American Literature and Humor Studies (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Contemporary Literature and Criticism (1 work)