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Operation Freak
Christian Flaugh
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Description for Operation Freak
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In Operation Freak, Christian Flaugh embarks upon an exploration of the intricate connection between the physical bodies and narratives that, subjected to all manner of operations, generate identity. The author spotlights such voluntary and involuntary acts to show how discourses of ability, disability, and bodily manipulation regularly influence the production in and of various Francophone texts. Flaugh's foundation is the critical examination of mutually-informing narratives: Francophone novels that hyperbolically signal normative discourses through quintessential "freaks" (monstres) such as the Siamese twin, the bearded lady, and the exotic witch; and the related sociocultural master narratives from North America, North ... Read more
In Operation Freak, Christian Flaugh embarks upon an exploration of the intricate connection between the physical bodies and narratives that, subjected to all manner of operations, generate identity. The author spotlights such voluntary and involuntary acts to show how discourses of ability, disability, and bodily manipulation regularly influence the production in and of various Francophone texts. Flaugh's foundation is the critical examination of mutually-informing narratives: Francophone novels that hyperbolically signal normative discourses through quintessential "freaks" (monstres) such as the Siamese twin, the bearded lady, and the exotic witch; and the related sociocultural master narratives from North America, North ... Read more
Product Details
Number of pages
296
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773540279
SKU
V9780773540279
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About Christian Flaugh
Christian Flaugh is associate professor of French and Francophone literature, University at Buffalo (SUNY).
Reviews for Operation Freak
"Operation Freak is a serious and wide-ranging piece of scholarship. What Flaugh does so effectively in this study is move beyond the notion of freak as a theme to consider the literary expression of freakery and wider questions of bodily identity. Flaugh's study is a valuable contribution to the field of francophone studies, in which questions of bodily difference and ... Read more