The Queer Child, or Growing Sideways in the Twentieth Century

Kathryn Bond Stockton

Published by Duke University Press 2009

The Queer Child, or Growing Sideways in the Twentieth Century

Kathryn Bond Stockton
Edited by: Michèle Aina Barale , Jonathan Goldberg , Michael Moon and Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

In the series Series Q

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822390268

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About this book

A study of the queer child, using literary, psychoanalytic, and cultural theory.

Author / Editor information

Kathryn Bond Stockton is Professor of English and Director of Gender Studies at the University of Utah. She is the author of God Between Their Lips: Desire Between Women in Irigaray, Brontë, and Eliot.

Reviews

“I consider Kathryn Bond Stockton to be one of the most impressive and important queer critics in the academy today, and The Queer Child, or Growing Sideways in the Twentieth Century only confirms that assessment. It is magnificent: the kind of book that defines the field and is returned to again and again, inspiring all sorts of thought and work for generations to come.”—Michael Cobb, author of God Hates Fags: The Rhetorics of Religious Violence

“I don’t know when I’ve been so captivated by a book and eager to get to the next page. That it is original and that addresses a topic, the queer child, pretty much completely ignored is one mark of its importance. Even more striking though is the ease with which stunning insights are delivered as if they were a matter of course. Many readers will be struck by the centrality of Kathryn Bond Stockton’s book and the graceful way it exposes and breaks the silence surrounding the queer child.”—James R. Kincaid, author of Erotic Innocence: The Culture of Child Molesting

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction. Growing Sideways, or Why Children Appear to Get Queerer in the Twentieth Century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part 1. Sideways Relations “Pedophiles” and Animals Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
Part 2. Sideways Motions Sexual Motives, Criminal Motives Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
Part 3. Sideways Futures Color and Money Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Conclusion. Money Is the Child’s Queer Ride. Sexing and Racing around the Future Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287

Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 306
Illustrations
- Other: 44 illustrations

eBook

Published: October 20, 2009
ISBN: 9780822390268