Taboo in the Next Room: Lesbian Suicide in Lillian Hellman’s The Children’s Hour
This article argues that Lillian Hellman’s play The Children’s Hour (1934) conflates two taboos: lesbianism and suicide. In so doing, the play creates a space of irresolution that suggests an inherent instability in the process of the taboo.
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
University of Edinburgh
2017-05-01
|
| Series: | Forum |
| Online Access: | http://journals.ed.ac.uk/forum/article/view/1881 |
| _version_ | 1797979047560478720 |
|---|---|
| author | Angus Young |
| author_facet | Angus Young |
| author_sort | Angus Young |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | This article argues that Lillian Hellman’s play The Children’s Hour (1934) conflates two taboos: lesbianism and suicide. In so doing, the play creates a space of irresolution that suggests an inherent instability in the process of the taboo. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-11T05:33:55Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-9305738856fc4dcfbe6f663c7fe10d84 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1749-9771 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-11T05:33:55Z |
| publishDate | 2017-05-01 |
| publisher | University of Edinburgh |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Forum |
| spelling | doaj.art-9305738856fc4dcfbe6f663c7fe10d842022-12-22T16:20:00ZengUniversity of EdinburghForum1749-97712017-05-012410.2218/forum.24.18811881Taboo in the Next Room: Lesbian Suicide in Lillian Hellman’s The Children’s HourAngus Young0University of LeedsThis article argues that Lillian Hellman’s play The Children’s Hour (1934) conflates two taboos: lesbianism and suicide. In so doing, the play creates a space of irresolution that suggests an inherent instability in the process of the taboo.http://journals.ed.ac.uk/forum/article/view/1881 |
| spellingShingle | Angus Young Taboo in the Next Room: Lesbian Suicide in Lillian Hellman’s The Children’s Hour Forum |
| title | Taboo in the Next Room: Lesbian Suicide in Lillian Hellman’s The Children’s Hour |
| title_full | Taboo in the Next Room: Lesbian Suicide in Lillian Hellman’s The Children’s Hour |
| title_fullStr | Taboo in the Next Room: Lesbian Suicide in Lillian Hellman’s The Children’s Hour |
| title_full_unstemmed | Taboo in the Next Room: Lesbian Suicide in Lillian Hellman’s The Children’s Hour |
| title_short | Taboo in the Next Room: Lesbian Suicide in Lillian Hellman’s The Children’s Hour |
| title_sort | taboo in the next room lesbian suicide in lillian hellman s the children s hour |
| url | http://journals.ed.ac.uk/forum/article/view/1881 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT angusyoung taboointhenextroomlesbiansuicideinlillianhellmansthechildrenshour |