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Sexuality, race and empire in Alan Hollinghurst's "A Thieving Boy" (1983)

Abstract:

By returning to the very start of Alan Hollinghurst’s literary career, this article begins constructing a different narrative about this “gay” British author -- one in which sexuality, race, and empire are intimately connected, and in which sexual liberation is haunted by imperial histories of racial exploitation. Through a “contrapuntal” analysis of his 1983 Egyptian short story “A Thieving Boy”, the article complicates dominant “queer” interpretations which overlook the postimperial politic...

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Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1080/17449855.2016.1209849

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Oxford college:
University College
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Journal:
Journal of Postcolonial Writing More from this journal
Volume:
52
Issue:
6
Pages:
700-712
Publication date:
2016-05-01
Acceptance date:
2016-05-25
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EISSN:
1744-9863
ISSN:
1744-9855
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pubs:638143
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uuid:a5e3d901-81fb-4154-b3f7-b46d443d3f34
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638143
Deposit date:
2016-08-10

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