Gender Performativity and Motherhood in Coraline

Coraline by Neil Gaiman has several characters who in many ways break gender norms. The main protagonist of the novel, Coraline, acts more in accordance with masculine gender norms, and the mother figures are mothers who do not fully conform to the traditional mother role. The purpose of this study...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nilsson, Nina
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Umeå universitet, Institutionen för språkstudier 1980
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-160256