Stitching texts
Gender and geography in Frankenstein and Patchwork Girl
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20502381 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Teresa Dobson (a University of British Columbia , Canada), Rebecca Luce-Kapler (0000-0002-2993-4777, Queen's University), Rebecca Luce‐Kapler (b Queen's University , Canada) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 265-277 |
| Publication date | 2005-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Changing English (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1358-684X • E-ISSN: 1469-3585 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13586840500164540 |
| OpenAlex | W2052074320 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 13 |
This paper considers how two related texts—one in print and one in hypertext—are locations for adolescents to undertake the work of ‘literary anthropology’ in considering questions of gender and subjectivity. The first text is Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, which invites readers to grapple with questions of how adolescents negotiate relations with their parents and others, of how masculinity and femininity are produced and construed, and of how cultural mores inform both processes. The second is Shelley Jackson's Patchwork Girl, a hypertext novel that parodies the former. Both texts offer a multilayered reading experience for adolescents juxtaposing print and digital technologies, themes of boundary and displacement, and issues of identity and sexuality
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Femininity · Gender identity · Girl · Human sexuality · Hypertext · Linguistics · Masculinity · Mores · Negotiation · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Subjectivity · Computer Science · Digital Games and Media · Gender Studies · Media, Communication, and Education · Philosophy · Psychology · Themes in Literature Analysis
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.24 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2023 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |