Fruitcake Weather: Queer/Disabled Community in Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory"

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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Main Author: Scott St. Pierre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Ohio State University Libraries 2014-01-01
Series:Disability Studies Quarterly
Subjects:
intellectual disability
sexuality
community action
nostalgia
literary criticism
Online Access:http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/3451
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spelling doaj-a337a9f11a8348a7ae164d72f62700bf2020-11-24T22:20:59ZengThe Ohio State University LibrariesDisability Studies Quarterly1041-57182159-83712014-01-0134110.18061/dsq.v34i1.34513027Fruitcake Weather: Queer/Disabled Community in Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory"Scott St. Pierre0Oklahoma State UniversityThis 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 criticismhttp://dsq-sds.org/article/view/3451intellectual disabilitysexualitycommunity actionnostalgialiterary criticism
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Disability Studies Quarterly
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sexuality
community action
nostalgia
literary criticism
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title Fruitcake Weather: Queer/Disabled Community in Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory"
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title_fullStr Fruitcake Weather: Queer/Disabled Community in Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory"
title_full_unstemmed Fruitcake Weather: Queer/Disabled Community in Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory"
title_sort fruitcake weather: queer/disabled community in truman capote's "a christmas memory"
publisher The Ohio State University Libraries
series Disability Studies Quarterly
issn 1041-5718
2159-8371
publishDate 2014-01-01
description 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
topic intellectual disability
sexuality
community action
nostalgia
literary criticism
url http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/3451
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