Beyond Same-Sex Desire
Pierre Loti'sIceland Fishermanas an Example of Other Ways of Reading Literature as Gay
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3641600 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard M Berrong (Kent State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 77-96 |
| Publication date | 2006-07-16 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j082v50n04_04 |
| PMID | 16723341 |
| OpenAlex | W2317608202 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 12 |
Gay male literature has traditionally been defined as writing that somehow depicts male same-sex attraction. Following in the steps of several scholars of lesbian literature, Berrong uses Pierre Loti's novel Iceland Fisherman (1886), which does not depict male same-sex attraction, to propose other ways of reading literature as gay, and hence of understanding gay male subjectivity
Attraction · Epistemology · Homosexuality · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Lesbian · Linguistics · Male Homosexuality · Men who have sex with men · Reading (process · Sociology · Subjectivity · Gender Studies · German Literature and Culture Studies · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Medicine · Philosophy · Philosophy and Social Theory · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2012 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |