Rousseau's Queer Bottom: Sexual Difference in the Confessions

Author： Hunter Angela N.  

Publisher： Rodopi

ISSN： 0271-6607

Source： French Literature Series, Vol.34, Iss.1, 2007-08, pp. : 51-62

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Abstract

This study explores the way that Rousseau's Confessions disrupts the binary of sexual difference via Rousseau's sexualization of and identification with the bottom. I argue that Rousseau's exhibition of his bottom to groups of women is key for understanding a queer structure of sexuality that begins with the famous spanking episode. Ultimately, Rousseau's queer bottom aligns him with the feminine sex while simultaneously differentiating him from the typical structures that would fix sexual or gender difference.

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