Transcending Transgender Taboo: Tracing Gender Identities And Bodily Controversies In Janet Mock’s Surpassing Certainty

Abstract

Dance keeps up the vibrance with its aesthetic qualities and social purposes. But when dance is held in the hands of power, the very purpose of dance is questionable. The turmoils and turbulence that occur in the life of Mock in Surpassing Certainty paint the aspects of dance with different hues. Dance has become the major factor that determines the life of Mock, the central character of the novel. Mock survives only because she decides to become a professional dancer. This paper discusses the tenets of dance in various scales to exhibit the causes and reasons behind her success as a dancer.