BLOWING UP THE NUCLEAR FAMILY: SHIRLEY JACKSON’S QUEER GIRLS IN POSTWAR US CULTURE
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DOI: 10.12795/ren.2021.i25.02
Abstract: This paper intends to analyze the representation of girlhood as a liminal space in three novels by Shirley Jackson: The Bird’s Nest (1954), The Haunting of Hill House (1959) and We Have Always Lived in… read more here.
Keywords: shirley jackson; postwar culture; nuclear family;