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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778043503321

Autore

Gleeson-White Sarah <1965->

Titolo

Strange bodies [[electronic resource] ] : gender and identity in the novels of Carson McCullers / / Sarah Gleeson-White

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2003

ISBN

0-8173-8281-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Disciplina

813/.52

Soggetti

Women and literature - Southern States - History - 20th century

Psychological fiction, American - History and criticism

Identity (Psychology) in literature

Gender identity in literature

Human body in literature

Grotesque in literature

Southern States In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-156) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Freakish adolescents : The heart is a lonely hunter and The member of the wedding -- Queer grotesques : The heart is a lonely hunter and Reflections in a golden eye -- The masquerade : The heart is a lonely hunter, The member of the wedding, and The ballad of the sad café -- Two bodies in one : The heart is a lonely hunter and The ballad of the sad café.

Sommario/riassunto

Adapts Mikhail Bakhtin's theory of the grotesque, as well as the latest in gender and psychoanalytic theory, to the major works of acclaimed southern writer Carson McCullers.  This innovative reconsideration of the themes of Carson McCullers's fiction argues that her work has heretofore suffered under the pall of narrow gothic interpretations, obscuring a more subversive agenda. By examining McCullers's major novels-The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Reflections in a Golden Eye, The Member of the Wedding, and The Ballad of the Sad Café-Gleeson-White locates a r