[LMB] (OT) Gender: New question

[Margaret Dean]

"Peter H. Granzeau" wrote:

> I always thought that, as a book went, "Bone Dance" by Emma Bull had
> a most interesting take on "gender".  One didn't realize for much of
> the book the identity of the protagonist/narrator, so male readers
> (including me) thought of the character as male, female readers
> thought of the character as female.

I'm also reminded of Sarah Caudwell's mysteries, in which the
first person narrator's sex remains indeterminate throughout ...
though it may take a while for the reader to realize this.


--Margaret Dean
  <margdean at erols.com>