Jeanette Winterson's Narratives of Desire

Putting forward a new theory of fetishism - alternative fetishism - this book provides an up-to-date examination of the work of Jeanette Winterson offering fresh perspectives and new insights on the topics of gender sexuality and identity in her writing. Combining contemporary theories in psychoanalytical and cultural studies it proposes that a rethinking of fetishism allows Winterson's works to be brought into sharper critical focus by repositioning fetishism as a daily practice in society. In so doing it argues that Winterson's work challenges orthodox normative and contemporary views of fetishism to reveal her own alternative version. <br/><br/>Containing the transcript of an email Q&A with Winterson herself and covering the majority of Winterson's oeuvre from her first novel <i> Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit</i> (1985) up to the most recent <i>Frankissstein</i> (2019) the book is divided into three main chapters that each discuss a particular theme in Winterson's fiction: bodily fetishism food fetishism and sexual fetishism. While the book's focus is on Winterson the theoretical framework it proposes can be applied to other authors and disciplines in the Arts and Humanities such as theatre and film offering new ways of thinking about topics such as fetishism feminism psychoanalytical theory postmodernism gender and sexuality.