"Skinned"
| Year for Search |
2018
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| Secondary Title |
McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern
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| Author | |
| Annotation |
Dystopia set in an unnamed African country in which women past puberty are expected, based on religion and tradition, to wear no clothes until they are married. Most do, and the story is told from the perspective of an older, never married woman. |
| Volume / Edition |
no. 53
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| Pagination |
61-82
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| Published Date |
2018 |
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| Full Text |
2018 Arimah, Lesley Nneka (b. 1983). “Skinned.” McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, no. 53 (2018): 61-82. Rpt. in McSweeney’s 74. Ed. Claire Boyle. The McSweeney’s Anthology of Contemporary Literature (2024): 9-32. PPU Dystopia set in an unnamed African country in which women past puberty are expected, based on religion and tradition, to wear no clothes until they are married. Most do, and the story is told from the perspective of an older, never married woman. The female author was born in England, raised in Nigeria, and has lived in the United States since she was a teenager. |
| Additional Publishers |
Rpt. in McSweeney’s 74. Ed. Claire Boyle. The McSweeney’s Anthology of Contemporary Literature (2024): 9-32. |
| Author Note |
The female author (b. 1983) was born in England, raised in Nigeria, and has lived in the United States since she was a teenager. |
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