Fruitcake Weather: Queer/Disabled Community in Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory"
This essay argues for a politically-inflected re-evaluation of Truman Capote’s classic holiday story “A Christmas Memory.” It proposes, in contrast to prevailing readings of the tale as a de-politicized, nostalgic children’s story, that the text makes a compelling case for politically engaged, resi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Ohio State University Libraries
2014-01-01
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| Series: | Disability Studies Quarterly |
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| Online Access: | http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/3451 |
| Summary: | This essay argues for a politically-inflected re-evaluation of Truman Capote’s classic holiday story “A Christmas Memory.” It proposes, in contrast to prevailing readings of the tale as a de-politicized, nostalgic children’s story, that the text makes a compelling case for politically engaged, resistant community building by its disabled and queer characters, an important action rooted in the shared political interests of queer and disabled people.
Keywords: intellectual disability, sexuality, community action, nostalgia, literary criticism |
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| ISSN: | 1041-5718 2159-8371 |