{"product_id":"prousts-snobs-inverts-and-jews-performing-and-subverting-identity-in-la-recherche-9798765122112","title":"Proust's Snobs, Inverts, and Jews: Performing and Subverting Identity in La Recherche","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn intersectional investigation of identity formation in Marcel Proust's magnum opus.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAs metonyms for broader categories such as class, sexuality, and ethnicity, the three most discussed identity groups in Proust's \u003ci\u003e? la Recherche du Temps Perdu\u003c\/i\u003e- snobs, inverts, and Jews - prove to be deeply intertwined and perplexing representations. Attentive to these interwoven complexities, \u003ci\u003eProust's Snobs, Inverts, and Jews\u003c\/i\u003e examines the novelist's exploitation of classification systems as a means to subvert the notion of a fixed identity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTo illustrate Proust's challenges to a social order that restricts our perceptions of identity, Adeline Soldin addresses the inconsistencies and friction surrounding the portrayal of these key figures in his seven-volume novel. Many scholars have recognized that the narrator's formative journey in \u003ci\u003eLa Recherche\u003c\/i\u003e leads to disillusionment and increased mockery of his fellow characters. Soldin contends, however, that Proust does not merely deride characters' behavior, but rather interrogates their diverse motivations and tendencies, thereby exposing the performative nature of identity. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eProust's Snobs, Inverts, and Jews\u003c\/i\u003edraws on Judith Butler's theories of performativity to illustrate Proust's precocious portrayal of identity in \u003ci\u003eLa Recherche\u003c\/i\u003e as an elusive, unattainable idea that characters pursue yet consistently fail to establish. Ultimately, the enigmatic and anonymous narrator models fluidity and promotes fantasy and imagination to compensate for the limitations imposed on individuals by social and linguistic conventions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdeline Soldin\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Dickinson College, USA.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51201394475282,"sku":"9798765122112","price":131.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_44020e41-22e3-4933-b93d-cb6f13720985.jpg?v=1744911219","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/prousts-snobs-inverts-and-jews-performing-and-subverting-identity-in-la-recherche-9798765122112","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}