Unhoming the Child: Queer Paths and Precarious Futures In Kissing the Witch

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dc.contributor.authorNolte-Odhiambo, Carmen
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-07T21:18:25Z
dc.date.available2019-10-07T21:18:25Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionModified from original published version to conform to ADA standards.
dc.description.abstractFocusing on Emma Donoghue’s fairy-tale retellings for young readers, this essay explores the implications of stories that stray from the conventional script of children’s literature by rejecting normative models of belonging as well as happily-ever-after permanence. Instead of securely positioning the child on the path toward reproductive futurism and the creation of a new family home, these tales present radical visions of queer futurity and kinship and upend normative child-adult relations. Drawing in particular on Sara Ahmed’s work on happiness and Judith (Jack) Halberstam’s analysis of queer time, I analyze how Donoghue’s versions of “Cinderella” and “Hansel and Gretel” unhome their protagonists and cast them outside of heteronormative temporality.
dc.format.extent14 pages
dc.identifier.citationNolte-Odhiambo, Carmen. "Unhoming the Child: Queer Paths and Precarious Futures In Kissing the Witch." <em>Pacific Coast Philology</em> 53.2 (2018): 239-50.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10790/5182
dc.language.isoen-US
dc.publisherPenn State University Press
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dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
dc.subjecthome
dc.subjectChildren's literature
dc.subjectFairy tales
dc.subjectQueer theory
dc.subjectEmma Donoghue
dc.titleUnhoming the Child: Queer Paths and Precarious Futures In Kissing the Witch
dc.typeArticle
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