Munro and Gender Construction in Dance of the Happy Shades
Résumé
The present study demonstrates how in Dance of the Happy Shades Munro moves from rather explicitly portraying a female identity struggle to a more implicit and, I suggest, equally if not more effective means of making a point. The text puts the reader in a position that forces him or her to experience the process of gender construction, to perform his or her views about gender, therefore actively taking a position.