TY - JOUR
T1 - The Kid is all the rage
T2 - (Bi) sexuality, temporality and triangular desire in Leslie Marmon Silko's Almanac of the Dead
AU - Ku, Chung-Hao
PY - 2010/9/14
Y1 - 2010/9/14
N2 - This article studies bisexuality in terms of sexual instrumentality, instead of sexual orientation. In Silko's Almanac of the Dead, David's sexuality is not marked by a hetero timeline hinged on marriage, a homo timeline initiated by the "coming out" moment or a bi timeline validated by sexual experiences with both genders. Instead, David's paternal aspiration and his financial need govern his opposite-sex relationship with Seese and his same-sex relationship with Beaufrey. In this bisexual triangle, David's sexual instrumentality ultimately generates an epistemology of bisexuality with regard to time, paternity and prostitution. Reconfiguring bisexuality from a matter of sexual attraction to both genders to a desire for things that particular sexual objects can offer to the subject, this article, on account of filiation and finance, deconstructs the discourse of sexual orientation.
AB - This article studies bisexuality in terms of sexual instrumentality, instead of sexual orientation. In Silko's Almanac of the Dead, David's sexuality is not marked by a hetero timeline hinged on marriage, a homo timeline initiated by the "coming out" moment or a bi timeline validated by sexual experiences with both genders. Instead, David's paternal aspiration and his financial need govern his opposite-sex relationship with Seese and his same-sex relationship with Beaufrey. In this bisexual triangle, David's sexual instrumentality ultimately generates an epistemology of bisexuality with regard to time, paternity and prostitution. Reconfiguring bisexuality from a matter of sexual attraction to both genders to a desire for things that particular sexual objects can offer to the subject, this article, on account of filiation and finance, deconstructs the discourse of sexual orientation.
KW - Bisexuality
KW - Hetero/queer/bi temporalities
KW - Hom(m)osexuality
KW - Rough trade
KW - Sexual instrumentality
KW - Sexual orientation
KW - Triangular desire
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77956419417&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15299716.2010.500964
DO - 10.1080/15299716.2010.500964
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77956419417
VL - 10
SP - 309
EP - 349
JO - Journal of Bisexuality
JF - Journal of Bisexuality
SN - 1529-9716
IS - 3
ER -