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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instanceOf autotheory work
book
memoir
author Maggie Nelson
awarded National Book Critics Circle Award
surface form: National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism
awardYear 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception widely acclaimed
featuresCharacter Harry Dodge
Maggie Nelson
focusesOn Harry Dodge's gender transition
Maggie Nelson's pregnancy
genre autotheory
feminist literature
memoir
nonfiction
queer literature
hasISBN 978-1-55597-707-8
language English
literaryForm experimental prose
mainTheme family
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
Judith Butler
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Michel Foucault
Roland Barthes
Donald Winnicott
surface form: Winnicott
subjectMatter contemporary art and theory
intimacy and care
queer family life
titleInspiredBy Argonautica
surface form: the myth of Jason and the Argonauts
usesForm critical theory
lyrical essay

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