Reading Heteropessimism: Painful Attachments in Contemporary Literary Fiction
Published online on September 19, 2025
Abstract
Cultural Sociology, Ahead of Print.
From viral threads describing male partners’ incompetence at grocery shopping to TV shows likeFleabag, heteropessimism abounds in popular culture. Contemporary literary fiction is no exception. Yet little scholarly attention is paid to these cultural ...
From viral threads describing male partners’ incompetence at grocery shopping to TV shows likeFleabag, heteropessimism abounds in popular culture. Contemporary literary fiction is no exception. Yet little scholarly attention is paid to these cultural ...