JGB's ENGL 453
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 1st, 2017
The essay is a critique of the feminine image that Capote steals from women authors to become a ‘white girl.’ Als suggests that by offering a ‘controversial’ author photograph, Capote morphs into a woman to talk about the queerness of his characters in a voice that is uniquely feminine. Thus, Capote becomes a white girl to […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 1st, 2017
Go here for a brief discussion of the Harold Halma photo of Truman Capote that Hilton Las discusses in his essay “The Women.” “The photo made a huge impression on many artists,” the blog post’s author, Alex Selwyn-Holmes, writes.” The 20-year-old Andy Warhol wrote fan letters to Capote, and when Warhol moved to New York […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 1st, 2017
In Hilton Als’ collection White Girls, he writes several different essays that all touch on similar topics of race, gender, sexuality, family, and identity. What makes his essays so challenging, beyond the difficult topics, is the unconventional style of writing Als uses, which is similar to stream-of-conciousness. Within this collection is the second essay “The Women.” In this […]