TY - JOUR
T1 - 'Com o odioso guarda-chuva entre os joelhos': Queer Male Desire, Weak Paternity, and Kinship Trouble in the Novels of Eça de Queirós
AU - Bailey, David
PY - 2016/4
Y1 - 2016/4
N2 - Queer relations in the novels of Eça de Queirós have elicited little critical attention. This article identifies a series of such relations that exceed the accepted definitions of friends, comrades, and siblings, undermining the language of kinship and patriarchy. I propose that weak paternity in Eça is in part due to an erotic indeterminacy in relationships that leaves the father's name unintelligible. This line of enquiry therefore brings together existing scholarship on paternity, homoeroticism, and incest. By depicting the disastrous consequences of an inadequate kinship structure, Eça urges a re-evaluation of the vocabulary and policing of desire.
AB - Queer relations in the novels of Eça de Queirós have elicited little critical attention. This article identifies a series of such relations that exceed the accepted definitions of friends, comrades, and siblings, undermining the language of kinship and patriarchy. I propose that weak paternity in Eça is in part due to an erotic indeterminacy in relationships that leaves the father's name unintelligible. This line of enquiry therefore brings together existing scholarship on paternity, homoeroticism, and incest. By depicting the disastrous consequences of an inadequate kinship structure, Eça urges a re-evaluation of the vocabulary and policing of desire.
U2 - 10.5699/modelangrevi.111.2.0413
DO - 10.5699/modelangrevi.111.2.0413
M3 - Article
SN - 0026-7937
VL - 111
SP - 413
EP - 433
JO - The Modern Language Review
JF - The Modern Language Review
IS - 2
ER -