Fags, Hags and Queer Sisters

STEPHEN MADDISON works in the Department of Cultural Studies at the University of East London. He has published academic work on gay identity and gender, Tennessee Williams, and autobiography and space. His first publication, a journalistic account of gay men's fascination with Barbra Streisand, appeared in Britain's Gay Times in 1992.

• Preface Acknowledgements Introduction From Pathology to Gender Dissent: Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire Heterosocial Tendencies Roseanne : Domestic Goddess as Fag Heroine? Pedro Almodovar and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown : The Heterosocial Spectator and Misogyny Conclusion Notes Index

'Maddison's sharp and detailed account of heterosocial relationships between queer men and straight women - and of their representation on stage, in film, on television, and in contemporary fiction - is a 'must read' for anyone concerned with popular culture and cultural studies.' - Alexander Doty, Lehigh University, Pennsylvania