Eleanor Roosevelt as a Queer Heroine in Susan Wittig Albert’s Loving Eleanor

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dc.authoridhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2429-6283
dc.authoridhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4127-8610
dc.contributor.authorBay, Hatice
dc.contributor.authorMutlu, Alperen
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-23T08:37:54Z
dc.date.available2025-06-23T08:37:54Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentKapadokya Üniversitesi, Beşeri Bilimler Fakültesi, İngilizce Mütercim ve Tercümanlık Bölümü
dc.departmentDiğer
dc.description.abstractAbstract: How might we reimagine Eleanor Roosevelt not only as a political icon but as a figure whose entire life— private and public—queered traditional boundaries of being, sexuality, and power? Susan Wittig Albert presents this possibility in Loving Eleanor (2016), which examines the romantic connection between Lorena Hickok (Hick) and Eleanor Roosevelt (hereafter ER or Eleanor). The novel follows the queer bond and enduring friendship between them through a period from 1928 to 1962, while also depicting Eleanor’s non-traditional relationships with multiple men. Albert’s narrative also demonstrates how ER’s energetic personality interacts with the sociopolitical environment of her time to show her adaptable approach to different social classes, racial and ethnic groups. Through queer theory and Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s concepts of rhizomatic proliferations, becoming-woman, becomingminoritarian, and other becomings, this essay argues that the fictional Eleanor defies established gender, class, and sexual norms, embracing the ever-evolving and boundless nature of desire, sexuality, and transformation. The analysis reveals how Albert's depiction of ER differs from conventional stories about her to present an unconventional and complex portrait of her character. Keywords: Loving Eleanor, Susan Wittig Albert, Eleanor Roosevelt, queer studies, Deleuze and Guattari
dc.identifier.citationBay, Hatice, and Alperen Mutlu. “Eleanor Roosevelt as a Queer Heroine in Susan Wittig Albert’s Loving Eleanor.” HyperCultura, Vol. 13, 2024
dc.identifier.endpage11
dc.identifier.issnISSN: 2559 – 2025
dc.identifier.startpage2
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12695/3530
dc.identifier.volumeVol. 13
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.institutionauthorBay, Hatice
dc.institutionauthoridhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2429-6283
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherHyperion University
dc.relation.ispartofHyperCultura
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.titleEleanor Roosevelt as a Queer Heroine in Susan Wittig Albert’s Loving Eleanor
dc.typeArticle

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