Memoirs of a Bathroom Stall: The Women’s Lavatory as Crying Room, Confessional, and Sanctuary

Melissa R. Ames

Memoirs of a Bathroom Stall: The Women’s Lavatory as Crying Room, Confessional, and Sanctuary

Eastern Illinois University

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Abstract

This article studies literary works that feature gender performance scenes that take place in women's restrooms. The ways in which female characters in Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak, J.D. Salinger's Franny & Zooey, and Clare Luce Boothe's The Women utilize the private space of the women's bathroom.

Original language	American English
Journal	EAPSU Online: A Journal of Critical Creative Work
Volume	3
State	Published - 2006

Keywords

Gender; Performance; Bathroom; Femininity; Literature; Speak; Franny and Zooey; The Women

Disciplines

English Language and Literature

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