The failed expectations of a modernizing revolution, coupled with the dancer-turned-housewife's turn to addiction, symbolize the bodily precarity experienced when a feminized body attempts to reap the benefits of heteronormativity, only to find that its returns are either forever deferred or never fulfilling.
selfish, part hypocrite, partly self-righteous, a little proud, a tiny bit humble
Tekie, known as Sammy to his regulars, says the illicit tobacco industry has undercut the profits of the family business he has owned for 11 years, the Mini Mart in McCauley
Originally known as Child, the group had to come up with a new moniker after discovering a band from Long Island playing under the same name
Hunt, "Cigarettes and Polonium-210," Science 144 , 366 (1964).