Sexuality, Iconography, and Fiction in French

Queering the Martyr

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, European, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality
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Author: Jason James Hartford ISBN: 9783319719030
Publisher: Springer International Publishing Publication: February 19, 2018
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: Jason James Hartford
ISBN: 9783319719030
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Publication: February 19, 2018
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

This book explores the modern cultural history of the queer martyr in France and Belgium. By analyzing how popular writers in French responded to Catholic doctrine and the tradition of St. Sebastian in art, Queering the Martyr shows how religious and secular symbols overlapped to produce not one, but two martyr-types. These are the queer type, typified first by Gustave Flaubert, which is a philosophical foil, and the gay type, popularized by Jean Genet but created by the Belgian Georges Eekhoud, which is a political and pornographic device. Grounded in feminist queer theory and working from a post-psychoanalytical point of view, the argument explores the potential and limits of these two figures, noting especially the persistence of misogyny in religious culture. 

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This book explores the modern cultural history of the queer martyr in France and Belgium. By analyzing how popular writers in French responded to Catholic doctrine and the tradition of St. Sebastian in art, Queering the Martyr shows how religious and secular symbols overlapped to produce not one, but two martyr-types. These are the queer type, typified first by Gustave Flaubert, which is a philosophical foil, and the gay type, popularized by Jean Genet but created by the Belgian Georges Eekhoud, which is a political and pornographic device. Grounded in feminist queer theory and working from a post-psychoanalytical point of view, the argument explores the potential and limits of these two figures, noting especially the persistence of misogyny in religious culture. 

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