Tomboys & Sissies: Queer Childhood in the Fiction of the Southern Renaissance, 1929-1961

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dc.contributor.advisorDerrick, Scotten_US
dc.contributor.advisorHowe, Cymeneen_US
dc.creatorWalker, Matthewen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-31T17:38:49Zen_US
dc.date.available2017-07-31T17:38:49Zen_US
dc.date.created2016-12en_US
dc.date.issued2016-08-17en_US
dc.date.submittedDecember 2016en_US
dc.date.updated2017-07-31T17:38:49Zen_US
dc.description.abstractMy thesis considers representations of childhood in the literature of the 20th Century American South. During the Southern Renaissance period, such authors as Harper Lee, Carson McCullers, Truman Capote, William Faulkner, and Tennessee Williams looked to the child – often the tomboy, or her male counterpart, the sissy – as a figure of resistance against adult society. In a region that still clung to antebellum ideals of female chastity, white supremacy, and benevolent paternalism, these characters served to interrupt the dominant cultural script, and thus reimagine queer counternarratives of racial, sexual, and gendered subjectivity.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationWalker, Matthew. "Tomboys & Sissies: Queer Childhood in the Fiction of the Southern Renaissance, 1929-1961." (2016) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/95608">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/95608</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/95608en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectSouthern Literatureen_US
dc.subjectChildhooden_US
dc.subjectQueer Theoryen_US
dc.subjectTomboysen_US
dc.subjectSissiesen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectAmitateen_US
dc.subjectAvunculateen_US
dc.titleTomboys & Sissies: Queer Childhood in the Fiction of the Southern Renaissance, 1929-1961en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentEnglishen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineHumanitiesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
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