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Gender Performativity and Compulsory Heterosexuality in L.M. Montgomery´s Anne of Green Gables / Gender Performativity and Compulsory Heterosexuality in L.M. Montgomery´s Anne of Green Gables

This essay will demonstrate how the character Anne from Anne of Green Gables is open to multiple interpretations. I specifically look at the character Anne from the perspective of gender and queer theory. Anne can be read as someone who has both feminine and masculine traits. She is assigned female at birth and lives in the 19th century, in a society where gender norms and normative behavior were strictly defined. During the novel, Anne must learn how to become a “proper girl” by performing gender norms. Her difficulty with this, as well as her expression of desire for other women, allows for queer readings of her character

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hh-52534
Date January 2024
CreatorsNilenfors, Elsa
PublisherHögskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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