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Review Of The Man Who Thought Himself A Woman, Ed Christopher Looby, Carrie D. Shanafelt
Review Of The Man Who Thought Himself A Woman, Ed Christopher Looby, Carrie D. Shanafelt
ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830
Christopher Looby's anthology of queer nineteenth-century American short stories is a fascinating collection of both obscure and familiar texts that together constitute a powerful argument for the queerness of the short story and for the centrality of queerness to American literary aesthetics.
Complex Identities: Putting Casey Plett’S Fiction In A Trans And Religious Studies Context, Catherine Brown
Complex Identities: Putting Casey Plett’S Fiction In A Trans And Religious Studies Context, Catherine Brown
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The work of Casey Plett is a prime place to discuss the experiences of being transgender and a Mennonite. However, her writing has received little discussion in the field of trans and religious studies, simply because fiction is rarely the focus of analysis in the field. This thesis argues that not only does fiction have a place in the field, but that there are unique analytic tools, such as trans standpoint theory, that can be used in the analysis of works of fiction to heighten what is gained and found in the endeavor. And so, this thesis not only argues …