"Theory Uncompromised by Practicality": Hybrid ity in Jeffrey Eugenides' "Middlesex."
This essay examines the literary concept of hybridity as it applies to Jeffrey Eugenides's novel "Middlesex." The protagonist is a hermaphrodite from a family of Greek immigrants. The author contends Eugenides used hybridity in several ways. It refers to the main character's body, cultural identity...
| Publicado en: | Contemporary Literature Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 383 - 413 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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University of Wisconsin Press
Fall2008
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| Sumario: | This essay examines the literary concept of hybridity as it applies to Jeffrey Eugenides's novel "Middlesex." The protagonist is a hermaphrodite from a family of Greek immigrants. The author contends Eugenides used hybridity in several ways. It refers to the main character's body, cultural identity and to the novel's narrative structure. |
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