Self-fashioning and Personal Portability in Nora Webster

  In this article, we will analyze Nora Webster (2014) by ColmTóibín. This novel tells the story of the protagonist’s journey towardsrestructuring her life with her children after the death of her husband.We propose to examine how the transformations experienced by Noraare influenced by the historic...

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Autores: Apolinario Pires, Lídia, Ferreira, Rejane de Souza, Torres, Sonia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)
Repositorio:Signótica (Online)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistas.ufg.br:article/69131
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ufg.br/sig/article/view/69131
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ireland. Widowhood. Portability. Nora Webster. Colm Tóibín.
Irlanda. Viudez. Portabilidad. Nora Webster. Colm Tóibín.
Irlanda. Viuvez. Portabilidade. Nora Webster. Colm Tóibín.
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Sumario:  In this article, we will analyze Nora Webster (2014) by ColmTóibín. This novel tells the story of the protagonist’s journey towardsrestructuring her life with her children after the death of her husband.We propose to examine how the transformations experienced by Noraare influenced by the historical-social context in which she finds herselfand how this affects her family unit and her identity. We understand thatthis work can be analyzed from the perspective of “portability”. This termwas first employed by Costello-Sullivan (2012) to discuss the culturalportability existing in Brooklyn (2011), another novel by Tóibín.