Writing against Normativity: Samuel R. Delany's Textual Times Square

This essay explores the rhetorical and political functions of literary form in Samuel Delany’s Times Square Red, Times Square Blue (1999). I argue that Delany crafts his text as a map guiding the reader through a sexually and socially diverse utopia in an effort to push back against conservative str...

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Veröffentlicht in:	African American review 2015-09, Vol.48 (3), p.345-358
1. Verfasser:	Hubbs, Jolene
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	20th century African American literature American literature Business improvement districts Delany, Samuel R Eroticism Gays & lesbians Gender Society Subcultures Women
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Zusammenfassung:	This essay explores the rhetorical and political functions of literary form in Samuel Delany’s Times Square Red, Times Square Blue (1999). I argue that Delany crafts his text as a map guiding the reader through a sexually and socially diverse utopia in an effort to push back against conservative strains in gay politics and urban renewal of the 1990s.
ISSN:	1062-4783 1945-6182 1945-6182
DOI:	10.1353/afa.2015.0035