Challenging Gender Roles in Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White and Virginia Woolf's Orlando

Woman in White;Wilkie Collins;Orlando;identity;clothing;gender roles;Virginia Woolf

Jones, Joanna Medlin ; Sharon Setzer, Committee Member,Leila May, Committee Chair,Laura Severin, Committee Member,Jones, Joanna Medlin ; Sharon Setzer ; Committee Member ; Leila May ; Committee Chair ; Laura Severin ; Committee Member

University:North Carolina State University

关键词: Woman in White;    Wilkie Collins;    Orlando;    identity;    clothing;    gender roles;    Virginia Woolf;   

Others  :  https://repository.lib.ncsu.edu/bitstream/handle/1840.16/1094/etd.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

美国|英语

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【 摘 要 】

Clothing reinforces gender roles culturally assigned to men and women by emphasizing individuals' biological sex and encouraging them to behave in specific ways based on their sex.However, individuals can manipulate their clothing to challenge the gender roles assigned to them.The primary characters in Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White and Virginia Woolf's Orlando wear gender-deviant clothing to point out the constructed nature of gender and to assert their own identities independent of specific gender roles.