Honouring The Wound: War and Performance in the Lives of Hannah Snell, Deborah Sampson and Pauline Cushman

This essay investigates three women’s cross-dressed service in the military. Hannah Snell (1723-92) served as a British marine and fought the French in India. Deborah Sampson Gannet (1760-1827) fought the British in the American Wars of Independence and Pauline Cushman (1833-1893) claimed to have di...

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Main Author: Georgina K. Lock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Press 2011-12-01
Series:Linguaculture
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Online Access:https://journal.linguaculture.ro/index.php/home/article/view/18