Oedipus and Pop Culture

Authors

  • Andrea Schüler Arbeitsschwerpunkt: Gender Studies, Tanz, Körpersoziologie

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14766/183

Keywords:

Altertum, Mittelalter, Neuzeit, Sexualität, Geschlecht, Gender

Abstract

Marjorie Garber’s eloquent as well as well-researched discussion covers occidental cultural history from antiquity to post-modernity and concludes that bisexuality has been omnipresent as well as politically invisible. Garber claims that the numerous instances of bisexual desire displayed by literary characters as well as famous persons in history have usually been interpreted as belonging to either end of two dichotomous poles, homo- or heterosexuality. Any experiences contradicting this binary opposition, says Garber, had been labelled as a temporary “phase,” “confusion,” “self-deception,” etc. Drawing on post-modern identity critiques, Garber advocates doing away with attempts to stick to such norms in the realm of eroticism, and praises the subversive and transgressive potential of human sexuality beyond any categories.

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Published

2003-03-01

Issue

No. 9 (2003): Frauen im Web

Section

Offener Teil

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Copyright (c) 2003 Andrea Schüler

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