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

• Autore: Gleeson-White Sarah <1965->
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (177 p.)
• Disciplina: 813/.52
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: Southern States In literature
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Strange bodies
• ISBN: 0-8173-8281-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778043503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II