Talking Back to Virginia Woolf in Her Own Words: Gendered, Racial, and Literary Passing as Forms of Counter-Interpellation in Kabe Wilson’s “Dreadlock Hoax” by Valérie Favre

“…Yet, more than a mere exhibition, Wilson staged a performance art piece entitled “The Dreadlock Hoax” during which the artist, dressed up as Virginia Woolf, proclaimed a speech which questioned our ability to appropriate and negotiate past literary texts and authors. …”
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Lady Clara Cavendish: Reynolds and Rymer’s Political Hoax by Rebecca L. Nesvet

“…In keeping with their involvement in Chartism, the Cavendish hoax enlists the rhetoric of ‘Old Corruption’ to support Chartist ideals, especially the political awakening of the ‘industrious millions’. …”
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Estonian, Russian and Samizdat Identity: Arno Tsart and Elena Shvarts by Miriam Rossi

“…Aware of the relevance that translation played in the literary samizdat of Leningrad during the eighties, the investigation focuses on the similarities between the poetess’ hoax and the concept of pseudo-translation, analysing the reasons for and outcomes of her endeavour in terms of identity research. …”
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