The Argonauts
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The Argonauts is Maggie Nelson’s genre-blending memoir that intertwines queer family-making, gender fluidity, and critical theory in a lyrical, experimental form.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Argonauts canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
autotheory work
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book ⓘ memoir ⓘ |
| author | Maggie Nelson ⓘ |
| awarded |
National Book Critics Circle Award
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surface form:
National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism
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| awardYear | 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Harry Dodge
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Maggie Nelson ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Harry Dodge's gender transition
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Maggie Nelson's pregnancy ⓘ |
| genre |
autotheory
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feminist literature ⓘ memoir ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ queer literature ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-1-55597-707-8 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | experimental prose ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
family
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gender fluidity ⓘ identity ⓘ language and embodiment ⓘ motherhood ⓘ partnership ⓘ pregnancy ⓘ queer family-making ⓘ queer theory ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
| metaphorUses | the Argo ship as a figure for changing identity ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | first-person ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2015 ⓘ |
| publisher | Graywolf Press ⓘ |
| references |
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
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Judith Butler ⓘ Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ Michel Foucault ⓘ Roland Barthes ⓘ Donald Winnicott ⓘ
surface form:
Winnicott
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| subjectMatter |
contemporary art and theory
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intimacy and care ⓘ queer family life ⓘ |
| titleInspiredBy |
Argonautica
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surface form:
the myth of Jason and the Argonauts
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| usesForm |
critical theory
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lyrical essay ⓘ |
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