A Tale of Two Trans Men: Transmasculine Identity and Trauma in Two Fairy-Tale Retellings
Transgender identities in fairy tale retellings are rare, but can reveal much about gender fluidity. Helen Oyeyemi’s novel Boy, Snow, Bird conflates transgender identities with mirrored falsehoods and fairy-tale spells, pathologizing a trauma victim who turns out to also become an abuser, while Gabr...
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| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2021-11-01
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| Series: | Open Cultural Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2020-0128 |