{"product_id":"unhistorical-shakespeare-queer-theory-in-shakespearean-literature-and-film-9780230606708","title":"Unhistorical Shakespeare: Queer Theory in Shakespearean Literature and Film","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnhistorical Shakespeare argues that the way in which we study history has a significant bearing on what desire we study, and how we study it. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMenon argues that our embrace of difference as the template for relating past and present produces a hetero temporality in which chronology determines identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn turn, such an understanding of history fixes sexual identity as the domain of the present and relegates nebulous desire to a thing of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn contrast to this temporal-sexual reification, Unhistorical Shakespeare outlines the idea of homohistory, which questions the fundamental historicist assumptions of teleology, facticity, citation, origins, and authenticity to lay bare their investments in compulsory hetero temporality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e M. Menon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780230606708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/10\/2008 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMADHAVI MENON is Assistant Professor of Literature, American University, Washington, USA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Palgrave MacMillan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40377903284339,"sku":"0230606709","price":220.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_faca208c-b4b6-4c2c-bae0-f47666049794.jpg?v=1661261858","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/unhistorical-shakespeare-queer-theory-in-shakespearean-literature-and-film-9780230606708","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}