Textualizing the double-gendered body: forms of the grotesque in 'The Passion of New Eve.' (Angela Carter): An article from: The Review of Contemporary Fiction

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From the supplier: Angela Carter challenges traditional constructions of gender through the sexually ambiguous characters of Eve(lyn) and Tristessa in 'The Passion of New Eve.' She uses Mikhail Bakhtin's concept of positive grotesque to exaggerate the physical forms and the Rabelaisian carnivalesque laughter to question accepted gender boundaries. With the final fusion of Eve(lyn)'s and Tristessa's bodies, Carter relocates the hermaphroditic body within a new realm thus signalling new possibilities.

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Title: Textualizing the double-gendered body: forms of the grotesque in 'The Passion of New Eve.' (Angela Carter)
Author: Heather Johnson
Publication:The Review of Contemporary Fiction (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 1994
Publisher: Review of Contemporary Fiction
Volume: v14 Issue: n3 Page: p43(6)

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