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2002 will mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of Saint Genet. Ever since that date, Jean Genetâs work has largely been read and interpreted through Sartreâs analysis of the author. In this study, the author seeks to liberate Genetâs fiction from the philosopherâs stranglehold and reopen the work to new venues of interpretation.
After challenging the accuracy and pertinence of Sartreâs project and describing the problematic influence it has had, the author begins his own investigation of Genet by examining the notion of precarious identity which informs the Genetian text. Through a dense weft of textual maneuvers arises an aesthetically playful approach to sexual identity.
From the beginnings of work in the field of sexology, homosexual desire has defied certain types of rigid schematization such as Freudâs Oedipus complex. Indeed, it can be better viewed through the alternative interpretive lenses of Deleuze and Guattari who challenge patriarchal order in the study of sexuality.
Such an approach eventually leads to a discovery of the bodyâs centrality in Genetâs fiction, especially in his last novel Querelle. It is precisely this ludic body that has escaped Sartreâs critical eye and many subsequent studies of Genetâs literature.
After challenging the accuracy and pertinence of Sartreâs project and describing the problematic influence it has had, the author begins his own investigation of Genet by examining the notion of precarious identity which informs the Genetian text. Through a dense weft of textual maneuvers arises an aesthetically playful approach to sexual identity.
From the beginnings of work in the field of sexology, homosexual desire has defied certain types of rigid schematization such as Freudâs Oedipus complex. Indeed, it can be better viewed through the alternative interpretive lenses of Deleuze and Guattari who challenge patriarchal order in the study of sexuality.
Such an approach eventually leads to a discovery of the bodyâs centrality in Genetâs fiction, especially in his last novel Querelle. It is precisely this ludic body that has escaped Sartreâs critical eye and many subsequent studies of Genetâs literature.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Taking the Text away from Sartre
âTruth or Dareâ
Libidinal Anarchy
Strategies of the Body
Epilogue
Selected Bibliography
Index
Introduction
Taking the Text away from Sartre
âTruth or Dareâ
Libidinal Anarchy
Strategies of the Body
Epilogue
Selected Bibliography
Index