Taboo in the Next Room: Lesbian Suicide in Lillian Hellman’s The Children’s Hour

Taboo in the Next Room: Lesbian Suicide in Lillian Hellman’s The Children’s Hour

This article argues that Lillian Hellman’s play The Children’s Hour (1934) conflates two taboos: lesbianism and suicide. In so doing, the play creates a space of irresolution that suggests an inherent instability in the process of the taboo. 

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Veröffentlicht in:Forum (Edinburgh) 2017-05 (24)
1. Verfasser: Young, Angus
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
20th century
American literature
Gays & lesbians
Hellman, Lillian (1905-1984)
Suicides & suicide attempts
Taboos
Theater
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Zusammenfassung:This article argues that Lillian Hellman’s play The Children’s Hour (1934) conflates two taboos: lesbianism and suicide. In so doing, the play creates a space of irresolution that suggests an inherent instability in the process of the taboo. 
ISSN:1749-9771
1749-9771
DOI:10.2218/forum.24.1881