David Foster Wallace and Repressive Taboos: Clenette Henderson, yrstruly and the identity politics of representation
David Foster Wallace’s use of disenfranchised voices in Infinite Jest (1996) receives little critical attention. Clenette Henderson and yrstruly’s narratives raise issues of taboo subjects: child sexual abuse, drug-addiction, and prostitution. A close reading of their voices aims to break over twent...
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University of Edinburgh
2017-05-01
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| Series: | Forum |
| Online Access: | http://journals.ed.ac.uk/forum/article/view/1878 |