Accepting the Grotesque Body
Bildungs by Clare Boylan and Eilis Ni Dhuibhne
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21187277 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeanette Roberts Shumaker (San Diego State University, Imperial Valley Campus, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 103-111 |
| Publication date | 2006-03-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Estudios Irlandeses (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1699-311X • E-ISSN: 1699-311X |
| Publisher | Estudios Irlandeses (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.24162/ei2006-1469 |
| OpenAlex | W31071812 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
'Fair and foul are near of kin, And fair needs foul,' I cried. W. B. Yeats, "Crazy Jane Talks with the Bishop" For the female protagonists of Boylan's Black Baby (1988), and Eilis Ni Dhuibhne's The Dancers Dancing (1999), maturation entails accepting the grotesqueness of their bodies. The female body erupts through excess weight and unruly sexual desires in
Art · Fantasy · Hatred · Irish · Literature · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Gender Studies · Irish and British Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Theatre and Performance Studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |