Aunt Mary, Uncle Henry, and Anti-Ancestral Impulses in The Memorial

Authors

James Kelley

Abstract

Traces Christopher Isherwood's exploration of queer familial ties in his early novel The Memorial. Incorporates Pierre Bourdieu's writings on family photography.

First Page

141

Last Page

149

Publication Date

1-1-2000

College

MSU-Meridian

Department

MSU-Meridian - Division of Arts and Sciences

Keywords

queer, gay, family, kinship, photography, album, Bourdieu, modernism

Recommended Citation

Kelley, James. “Aunt Mary, Uncle Henry, and Anti-Ancestral Impulses in The Memorial.” The Isherwood Century. Ed. James Berg and Chris Freeman. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2000. 141-49.