The desiring child: an examination of childhood queerness in the fiction of Carson McCullers

The desiring child: an examination of childhood queerness in the fiction of Carson McCullers

The main purpose of this thesis is to present and highlight the radical potential in the work of Carson McCullers, primarily through an examination of her representation of young, queer individuals. This thesis argues that McCullers forces her readers to re-think the categories of “child” and “adul...

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Main Author: Yablecki, Katie Angeline
Other Authors: Corne, Jonah (English, Film, and Theatre)
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Carson McCullers
Queer Studies
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/23232
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Queer Studies
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