Rethinking Transgression: Disgust, Affect, and Sexuality in Charlotte Roche's Wetlands

This article explores the critical reaction to Charlotte Roche's novel Wetlands, and considers the ways in which this reaction reflects contemporary thinking on sex and transgression. While reviewers position the text as the site of a subversive politics and a specifically sexualized form of af...

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Published in:Journal of lesbian studies 2013-07, Vol.17 (3-4), p.240-252
Main Author: Hester, Helen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
abjection
affect
disgust
Emotions
Erotica
Female
Gays & lesbians
Homosexuality, Female
Humans
Literature, Modern
Novels
Politics
pornography
sex
Sexual Behavior
Sexuality
sexuality studies
Transgender persons
transgression
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Summary:This article explores the critical reaction to Charlotte Roche's novel Wetlands, and considers the ways in which this reaction reflects contemporary thinking on sex and transgression. While reviewers position the text as the site of a subversive politics and a specifically sexualized form of affect, much of the affective power of Wetlands lies less in its treatment of sex than in its largely ignored descriptions of the revolting body. Via an analysis of the different forms of affect in operation within Wetlands, this article will explore whether the association of sex with politically charged subversion may now be subsiding.
ISSN:1089-4160
1540-3548
DOI:10.1080/10894160.2013.731862