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Gender Play in Mark Twain: Cross-Dressing and Transgression (MARK TWAIN & HIS CIRCLE)

Linda A. Morris

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Description:Twain "troubled gender" in much of his otherwise traditional fiction, depicting children whose sexual identities are switched at birth, tomboys, same-sex married couples, and even a male French painter who impersonates his own sister and becomes engaged to another man. Morris examines and interprets Twain's exploration of characters who transgress gendered conventions while tracing the degree to which themes of gender disruption interact with other themes, such as his critique of race, his concern with death in his classic "boys' books," and his career-long preoccupation with twins and twinning. Morris shows that Twain depicts cross-dressing sometimes as comic or absurd, other times as darkly tragic-but that even at his most playful, he contests traditional Victorian notions about the fixity of gender roles. Twain understands that gender, like race, is a social construction-and above all a performance.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Gender Play in Mark Twain: Cross-Dressing and Transgression (MARK TWAIN & HIS CIRCLE). To get started finding Gender Play in Mark Twain: Cross-Dressing and Transgression (MARK TWAIN & HIS CIRCLE), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Twain "troubled gender" in much of his otherwise traditional fiction, depicting children whose sexual identities are switched at birth, tomboys, same-sex married couples, and even a male French painter who impersonates his own sister and becomes engaged to another man. Morris examines and interprets Twain's exploration of characters who transgress gendered conventions while tracing the degree to which themes of gender disruption interact with other themes, such as his critique of race, his concern with death in his classic "boys' books," and his career-long preoccupation with twins and twinning. Morris shows that Twain depicts cross-dressing sometimes as comic or absurd, other times as darkly tragic-but that even at his most playful, he contests traditional Victorian notions about the fixity of gender roles. Twain understands that gender, like race, is a social construction-and above all a performance.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Gender Play in Mark Twain: Cross-Dressing and Transgression (MARK TWAIN & HIS CIRCLE). To get started finding Gender Play in Mark Twain: Cross-Dressing and Transgression (MARK TWAIN & HIS CIRCLE), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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