id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt x059c53843t James J. Ostrander The Self, Or Stranger 2022 .txt text/plain 153 6 26 These juxtapositions foreground the tensions inherent to the performance of self, and enable exploration of those forms of cultural inscription which drive identity formation. Within these scenes, grotesque bodies emulate cultural roles, producing situations that are alternately humorous and serious, disturbing and tender, realistic and idealized. cache/x059c53843t.txt txt/x059c53843t.txt