She Bloomed in the Dark: Shadow Feminism and Queer Failure in Paula Gunn Allen’s The Woman Who Owned the Shadows

This article analyzes Paula Gunn Allen’s 1983 novel The Woman Who Owned the Shadows deploying Jack Halberstam’s notion of queer failure, a subversive phenomenon that involves embracing negative affects, refusing success narratives, and negating selfhood. Refusing stereotypical feminine positionalit...

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Main Author: Marianne Kongerslev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CBS Open Journals 2022-06-01
Series:American Studies in Scandinavia
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Online Access:https://rauli.cbs.dk/index.php/assc/article/view/6598