Representation of Migration Experience in The Dollmaker by Harriette Arnow

Irina Kudriavtseva

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Representation of Migration Experience in The Dollmaker by Harriette Arnow

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Pages:: 28–39

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004703858_004

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The paper discusses the issue of migration and its fictional representation in “The Dollmaker” by Harriette Arnow. The central event of the novel, the move of the Nevels family from a small community in the hills of Kentucky to Detroit, is analyzed in its cultural-historical and psychological aspects, with a focus on the protagonist Gertie Nevels’s psychological reaction to her new physical and social environment and gender roles. The theoretical framework of performance studies is applied to highlight the performative dimension of the protagonist’s attempts to solve an identity crisis. Viewed within the performance paradigm, the ending of the novel demonstrates Gertie’s transformation from a displaced and traumatized individual to the performing subject who is ready to assume responsibility and deal with post-migration challenges.

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Performative Identities in Culture

From Literature to Social Media

Series: Textxet: Studies in Comparative Literature, Volume: 108

Cover Performative Identities in Culture

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004703858

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 18 Jul 2024

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Part 1 Spatial-Temporal Performance of Identity

Part 2 Performative Female Identity

Part 3 Performing Racial and National Identity

Part 4 Othering as Post/Performance

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