EAN: 9783631589823

THEY AREN UNTIL I CALL THEM - ENIKÖ BOLLOBÁS K...

In the story of the three baseball umpires  two novice umpires compete in boasting how they
respect «truth» and the way things «really» are. One says  «I call them the way I see them» 
the other  trying to trump this remark  responds  «I call them the way they are». Then enters
the third  most seasoned umpire  saying  «They aren't  until I call them». This book deals with
two widely argued issues in literature criticism today  performativity and subjectivity. How do
people become who they are? What scripts do they follow when they «do» gender  race  and
sexuality? Tying into speech act theories and subjectivity theories  as well as gender  race 
and sexuality studies  the author explores - through the close reading of several American
texts - the many ways words make «things» in literature.

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