LEADER 03059nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910807889703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8281-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000774947 035 $a(EBL)454549 035 $a(OCoLC)426057017 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000251901 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11939260 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000251901 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10176078 035 $a(PQKB)11016532 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9257 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL454549 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10309844 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC454549 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000774947 100 $a20020810d2003 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aStrange bodies$b[electronic resource] $egender and identity in the novels of Carson McCullers /$fSarah Gleeson-White 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (177 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-1267-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [145]-156) and index. 327 $aFreakish 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 cafe? -- Two bodies in one : The heart is a lonely hunter and The ballad of the sad cafe?. 330 $a 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 Cafe?-Gleeson-White locates a r 606 $aWomen and literature$zSouthern States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPsychological fiction, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aIdentity (Psychology) in literature 606 $aGender identity in literature 606 $aHuman body in literature 606 $aGrotesque in literature 607 $aSouthern States$xIn literature 615 0$aWomen and literature$xHistory 615 0$aPsychological fiction, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aIdentity (Psychology) in literature. 615 0$aGender identity in literature. 615 0$aHuman body in literature. 615 0$aGrotesque in literature. 676 $a813/.52 700 $aGleeson-White$b Sarah$f1965-$01658623 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807889703321 996 $aStrange bodies$94012760 997 $aUNINA