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
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Online Access:http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/3451

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