Article
Memoirs of a Bathroom Stall: The Women’s Lavatory as Crying Room, Confessional, and Sanctuary
EAPSU Online: A Journal of Critical & Creative Work
(2006)
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.
Keywords
- Gender; Performance; Bathroom; Femininity; Literature; Speak; Franny and Zooey; The Women
Disciplines
Publication Date
Fall 2006
Citation Information
Melissa R. Ames. "Memoirs of a Bathroom Stall: The Women’s Lavatory as Crying Room, Confessional, and Sanctuary" EAPSU Online: A Journal of Critical & Creative Work Vol. 3 (2006) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/melissa_ames/4/