Queer Square Mile by Kirsti Bohata
In these stories gender refuses to be fixed: a dashing travelling companion is not quite who he seems in the intimate darkness of a mail coach, a girl on the cusp of adulthood gamely takes her father's place as head of the house, and an actor and patron are caught up in dangerous game-playing. In the more fantastical tales there are talking rats, flirtations with fascism, and escape from a post-virus 'utopia'. These are stories of sexual awakening, coming out and redefining one's place in the world. Release and a certain heady license may be found in the distant cities of Europe or north Africa, but the stories are for the most part located in familiar Welsh settings - a schoolroom, a provincial town, a mining village, a tourist resort, a sacred island. The intensity of desire, whether overt, playful, or coded, makes this a rich and often surprising collection that reimagines what being queer and Welsh has meant in different times and places.
Bohata, Kirsti: - Kirsti Bohata is a senior lecturer in English literature at Swansea University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781913640248 |
| ISBN 10 | 1913640248 |
| Title | Queer Square Mile |
| Author | Kirsti Bohata |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Parthian Books |
| Year published | 2022-02-28 |
| Number of pages | 450 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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