<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Amanda Cross is the pen name Carolyn Heilbrun used for her mystery fiction. In two of her novels she employed the theme of androgyny. She also wrote the non-fiction, 1973 Toward a Recognition of Androgyny in which she promoted androgyny as aspect of her approach to feminism, an intellectual denial of any significant differences between the sexes. While that thread of American feminism has lost favor in current feminist ideologies, matters of gender identity are rising in prominence in American social and political thought, reviving the debate on male and female roles and identities in the United States.</p></abstract>

Amanda Cross is the pen name Carolyn Heilbrun used for her mystery fiction. In two of her novels she employed the theme of androgyny. She also wrote the non-fiction, 1973 Toward a Recognition of Androgyny in which she promoted androgyny as aspect of her approach to feminism, an intellectual denial of any significant differences between the sexes. While that thread of American feminism has lost favor in current feminist ideologies, matters of gender identity are rising in prominence in American social and political thought, reviving the debate on male and female roles and identities in the United States.

Amanda Cross and Androgyny

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Amanda Cross is the pen name Carolyn Heilbrun used for her mystery fiction. In two of her novels she employed the theme of androgyny. She also wrote the...

Amanda Cross and Androgyny

Published Online: Mar 14, 2017

Page range: 91 - 103

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/genst-2017-0007

Keywords
Amanda Cross, Androgyny, Carolyn Heilbrun, Feminism, gender identity

© by Richard R. E. Kania

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Amanda Cross and Androgyny

Published Online: Mar 14, 2017

Page range: 91 - 103

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/genst-2017-0007

KeywordsAmanda Cross, Androgyny, Carolyn Heilbrun, Feminism, gender identity

© by Richard R. E. Kania

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Amanda Cross, Androgyny, Carolyn Heilbrun, Feminism, gender identity