The essay deals with the challenges and options that arise from the rejection of compulsory heterosexuality and points out the fluid and stage-like character of identity formation.
Following the life story of Nancy Astley, Waters connects her search for identity with the theatrical performances through which the protagonist explores her body and polarities between the masculine and the feminine. As the novel is set in Victorian times it serves as a means of contrast with the contemporary state and at the same time represents a feminist and lesbian recreation of the silenced history line.
This essay analyzes the performative aspect of gender identity in a queer romance, Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters.
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