Autore
Canani, Marco

Titolo
A Tentative Quest for Gender Identity: Elements of Queer Discourse in Virginia Woolf's Jacob's Room and Between the Acts
Periodico
Textus
Anno: 2013 - Fascicolo: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 47 - Pagina finale: 66

Modernism was marked by a deep concern with sexuality and genderidentities. Ellis's and Carpenter's works were pioneering in their attemptto disentangle the hard knot of heteronormativity, while Walter Pater andOscar Wilde were regarded by some as a threat to society because they hadtaken over "the traditional idiosyncrasies of the feminine rôle" (Lewis 1989:244). This article will argue that the sexual politics embedded in the worksof Virginia Woolf anticipate the discourse of sexual identity formulatedby queer theory. Depicted as the object of both heterosexual and bisexualdesire, the protagonist of Jacob's Room (1922) explores the multifacetednature of gender identity while Between the Acts (1941) deals with issues ofgender and sexual desire within a well-defined cultural milieu.



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