Before the term" transgender" existed, there were those who experienced their gender in
complex ways. Before Trans examines the lives and writings of Jane Dieulafoy (1850 …

Reframing Drag provides a critical survey of French and Anglo-American queer and feminist
theorizations of drag performance, placing these approaches in a dialogue with …

Gender-focused studies of nineteenth-century French literature and history in the last few
decades have often relied on heteronormative and gender normative paradigms. Using …

Rachilde, qui a toujours aimé les poses et les effets théâtraux, a le don de se dérober à des
affirmations catégoriques lorsque l'on en vient à l'analyse de son œuvre. Elle présente à ses …

Taking Monsieur Vénus (1884) as its focus, this article expands upon the limited critical
discourse connecting the work of Rachilde (1860-1953) to queer theory. Monsieur Vénus …

This article analyses the notion of 'impenetrability'in works by Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, Remy
de Gourmont, and Rachilde, concentrating on their portrayal of ambiguous and …

This chapter examines the mobilization of sexological discourses of 'inversion'in Rachilde's
Monsieur Vénus and Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness. It argues that, given the …

Abstract Queer Idiosyncrasies: Description and Deviance in the Novels of Zola and
Huysmans proposes to complicate literary-historical narratives about the relationship …

Many have struggled to argued whether Rachilde reverses gender binaries or reinforces
them by ensuring the continuation of active and passive partners within the narrative of …

Torture Garden (1931)(Le Jardin des supplices, 1899), takes a weekly stroll through an
expansive garden to admire both the striking flowers and what she considers to be equally …