Christy Ferguson | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (original) (raw)
Phone: (618) 670-2427
Address: Alton, Illinois
less
Uploads
Papers by Christy Ferguson
This article discusses the ways in which modern identity politics have encouraged us to label the... more This article discusses the ways in which modern identity politics have encouraged us to label the sexuality of American authors of the past and the effects of those labels. Specifically discussing Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson, I discuss the history of nineteenth-century American sexuality, the assumptions placed upon Dickinson and Whitman with regard to their sexual identities, the political and social implications, and modern media consumption and presentation of those identities.
This article discusses the ways in which modern identity politics have encouraged us to label the... more This article discusses the ways in which modern identity politics have encouraged us to label the sexuality of American authors of the past and the effects of those labels. Specifically discussing Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson, I discuss the history of nineteenth-century American sexuality, the assumptions placed upon Dickinson and Whitman with regard to their sexual identities, the political and social implications, and modern media consumption and presentation of those identities.