“That’s Purely Greek”: Ethnicity and Gender in Ariadne Thompson’s The Octagonal Hearti
The Octagonal Heart (1956) depicts Ariadne Thompson’s memories of the happy summers she spent as a child with her extended family in the octagonal house, Parnassus, a private residence near St. Louis, USA. A strong sense of Greekness permeates the intertwining layers of the memoir, the physical one...
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| description | The Octagonal Heart (1956) depicts Ariadne Thompson’s memories of the happy summers she spent as a child with her extended family in the octagonal house, Parnassus, a private residence near St. Louis, USA. A strong sense of Greekness permeates the intertwining layers of the memoir, the physical one (the house with its Greek-style decorated rooms arranged in an octagonal shape and its surroundings) and the emotional one (which captures the relationships among the family members and their reactions to significant moments in their lives). This essay proposes a close reading of the memoir with a view to examining how gender, ethnic expectations, and attitudes towards assimilation have impacted the hyphenated identities of three generations of women in Thompson’s family. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ef30af183862498580b9a8792b7d03942024-01-29T08:49:34ZengSciendoAmerican, British and Canadian Studies Journal1841-964X2023-06-01401587910.2478/abcsj-2023-0007“That’s Purely Greek”: Ethnicity and Gender in Ariadne Thompson’s The Octagonal HeartiIancu Anca-Luminiţa01Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, RomaniaThe Octagonal Heart (1956) depicts Ariadne Thompson’s memories of the happy summers she spent as a child with her extended family in the octagonal house, Parnassus, a private residence near St. Louis, USA. A strong sense of Greekness permeates the intertwining layers of the memoir, the physical one (the house with its Greek-style decorated rooms arranged in an octagonal shape and its surroundings) and the emotional one (which captures the relationships among the family members and their reactions to significant moments in their lives). This essay proposes a close reading of the memoir with a view to examining how gender, ethnic expectations, and attitudes towards assimilation have impacted the hyphenated identities of three generations of women in Thompson’s family.https://doi.org/10.2478/abcsj-2023-0007ariadne thompsonethnicitygender roles and expectationsacculturationmemoirfirst- and second-generation greek americans |
| spellingShingle | Iancu Anca-Luminiţa “That’s Purely Greek”: Ethnicity and Gender in Ariadne Thompson’s The Octagonal Hearti American, British and Canadian Studies Journal ariadne thompson ethnicity gender roles and expectations acculturation memoir first- and second-generation greek americans |
| title | “That’s Purely Greek”: Ethnicity and Gender in Ariadne Thompson’s The Octagonal Hearti |
| title_full | “That’s Purely Greek”: Ethnicity and Gender in Ariadne Thompson’s The Octagonal Hearti |
| title_fullStr | “That’s Purely Greek”: Ethnicity and Gender in Ariadne Thompson’s The Octagonal Hearti |
| title_full_unstemmed | “That’s Purely Greek”: Ethnicity and Gender in Ariadne Thompson’s The Octagonal Hearti |
| title_short | “That’s Purely Greek”: Ethnicity and Gender in Ariadne Thompson’s The Octagonal Hearti |
| title_sort | that s purely greek ethnicity and gender in ariadne thompson s the octagonal hearti |
| topic | ariadne thompson ethnicity gender roles and expectations acculturation memoir first- and second-generation greek americans |
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