The New Woman: Literary Modernism, Queer Theory, and the Trans Feminine Allegory
- ISBN-10
- 0810135531
- ISBN-13
- 9780810135536
- Series
- The New Woman
- Category
- Gender identity in literature
- Pages
- 345
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017
- Author
- Emma Heaney
Description
Emma Heaney's The New Woman: Literary Modernism, Queer Theory, and the Trans Feminine Allegory traces the evolution of the "trans feminine" as an allegorical figure from its origins in the late nineteenth century to contemporary Queer Theory.
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Other editions
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- 1997
- 216 pages
- Paperback
- Manchester University Press
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