Myra Breckinridge

E326671
novel

Myra Breckinridge is a satirical novel by Gore Vidal that explores gender, sexuality, and Hollywood culture through its provocative, gender-bending title character.

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Label Occurrences
Myra Breckinridge canonical 2
Myra Breckinridge (character) 1
Myra Breckinridge / Myron series 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
adaptationDirector Michael Sarne ⓘ
adaptationReleaseYear 1970 ⓘ
adaptationStars Mae West ⓘ
Raquel Welch ⓘ
Rex Reed ⓘ
adaptedAs Myra Breckinridge (film) ⓘ
author Gore Vidal ⓘ
characterType unreliable narrator ⓘ
controversialFor depiction of Hollywood ⓘ
explicit sexual content ⓘ
treatment of gender roles ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
explores construction of gender identity ⓘ
cultural myths of Hollywood ⓘ
transgressive sexuality ⓘ
firstEditionFormat hardcover ⓘ
follows Hollywood culture ⓘ
genre postmodern novel ⓘ
satirical novel ⓘ
hasSequel Myron ⓘ
hasSubject American culture ⓘ
film industry ⓘ
transgender themes ⓘ
includedIn Gore Vidal bibliography ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryMovement postmodernism ⓘ
mainCharacter Myra Breckinridge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Myra Breckinridge (character)
narrativePerspective first-person narrative ⓘ
notableFor gender-bending protagonist ⓘ
satire of American popular culture ⓘ
use of film history references ⓘ
partOfSeries Myra Breckinridge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Myra Breckinridge / Myron series
publicationYear 1968 ⓘ
publisher Little, Brown and Company ⓘ
setInPeriod 1960s ⓘ
setting Hollywood ⓘ
acting school ⓘ
theme Hollywood culture ⓘ
feminism ⓘ
gender ⓘ
identity ⓘ
masculinity ⓘ
media satire ⓘ
power dynamics ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
timeToWrite 1960s ⓘ

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Gore Vidal → notableWork → Myra Breckinridge ⓘ
David Giler → notableWork → Myra Breckinridge ⓘ
Myra Breckinridge → mainCharacter → Myra Breckinridge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Myra Breckinridge (character)
Myra Breckinridge → partOfSeries → Myra Breckinridge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Myra Breckinridge / Myron series