
Sapphfic
Queer Reading and Writing in the Twenty-First Century
Jaime Harker(Author)
The University of North Carolina Press
Will be published approx. on 5. January 2027
Book
Hardback
152 pages
978-1-4696-9703-1 (ISBN)
Description
Bringing together literary history, queer theory, and lived experience, Jaime Harker maps the shifting queer literary publishing landscape of the last thirty years, through the lens of being an English professor and lesbian feminist bookstore owner. To tell this story, Harker draws on interviews with lesbian writers, publishers, filmmakers, and book reviewers. She also incorporates elements of memoir, specifically her own experiences as the owner of Violet Valley Bookstore, near Oxford, Mississippi. Harker dives into the importance of genre fiction-erotica, pulp novels, even sci-fi-in queer lit history, while making space for new modes of literary production, including the rise of lesbian fanfic, self-publishing, and social media.
All of this, Harker argues, has given rise to a queer literary renaissance and these genre books, often disrespected in mainstream book discourse, are central to queer writing.
All of this, Harker argues, has given rise to a queer literary renaissance and these genre books, often disrespected in mainstream book discourse, are central to queer writing.
Reviews / Votes
"Jaime Harker has an impressive knowledge, as only a queer bookstore owner could, of the ever-shifting landscape of queer writing and publishing." - La Shonda Mims, author of Drastic Dykes and Accidental Activists: Queer Women in the Urban SouthMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Chapel Hill
United States
Product notice
Trade binding
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 25 mm
Thickness: 155 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4696-9703-1 (9781469697031)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Jaime Harker is professor of English and the director of the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies at the University of Mississippi.