By Elizabeth Freeman
Freeman attracts on queer thought and social historical past to target more than a few texts the place weddings don't inevitably bring about felony marriage yet in its place mirror yearnings for intimate preparations except long term, state-sanctioned, family couplehood. starting with a glance on the debates over homosexual marriage, she proceeds to think about literary works through Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Faulkner, Carson McCullers, Vladimir Nabokov, and Edgar Allan Poe, besides such Hollywood motion pictures as Father of the Bride, The Graduate, and The Godfather. She additionally discusses much less famous texts corresponding to Su Friedrich’s experimental movie First Comes Love and the off-Broadway, interactive dinner play Tony ‘n’ Tina’s Wedding.
Offering daring new how one can think attachment and belonging, and the general public functionality and popularity of social intimacy, The marriage ceremony Complex is an incredible contribution to American stories, queer idea, and cultural studies.
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