Researching the Rainbow

Declan Kavanagh in conversation about queer literature studies, effeminacy and identity

September 21, 2022 Researching the Rainbow Season 1 Episode 9
Researching the Rainbow
Declan Kavanagh in conversation about queer literature studies, effeminacy and identity
Show Notes

Join Dr Declan Kavanagh (he/them) in this fascinating discussion on the discovery of the interior life throughout works of queer literature and the subsequent exploration of LGBTQ+ identities. Speaking on their work into the role of effeminacy and its intersection with politics and power, and the exciting prospect of the power bottom subverting the norms of penetration and power. This episode promises to be an exciting queer literary journey from the 18th Century to the present.

 

Find out more about Declan’s academic work here

Have a look at Declan’s book “Effeminate Years: Literature, Politics, and Aesthetics in Mid-Eighteenth-Century Britain

Email Declan on D.Kavanagh@kent.ac.uk

 

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