Gender Performance and Spatial Negotiation in the Neo-Victorian Novel

The present volume examines Judith Butler’s concept of gender performance in Angela Carter’s _Nights at the Circus_ (1984), Sarah Waters’s ¬_Tipping the Velvet_ (1998) and Peter Ackroyd’s _Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem_ (1994). All of them depict how female performers make use of the stage to exp...

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Main Author: Pettersson, Lin Elinor (-)
Format: Other
Published: Spain Servicio de Publicaciones y Divulgación Científica de la Universidad de Málaga 2014
Edition:New edition 1
Series:Textos Mínimos 101
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Online Access:Texto completo en Odilo
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Summary:The present volume examines Judith Butler’s concept of gender performance in Angela Carter’s _Nights at the Circus_ (1984), Sarah Waters’s ¬_Tipping the Velvet_ (1998) and Peter Ackroyd’s _Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem_ (1994). All of them depict how female performers make use of the stage to expose gender identity as an act performance and in doing so they destabilise the public/private dichotomy.
Physical Description:1 piece
179 pages
Audience:College/higher education
ISBN:9788497478670