The Girl: constructions of the girl in contemporary fiction by women
1999; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 36; Issue: 05 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5860/choice.36-2615
ISSN1943-5975
Autores Tópico(s)American Literature and Culture
ResumoIntroduction R.O.Saxton Where Is She Going, Where Are We Going, at Century's End? The Girl as Site of Cultural Conflict in Joyce Carol Oates's The Model B.Daly Self-Possession, Dolls, Beatlemania, Loss: Telling the Girl's Own Story G.Hausknecht The Battleground of the Adolescent Girl's Body B.Boudreau When the Back Door is Closed and the Front Yard is Dangerous: The Space of Girlhood in Toni Morrison's Fiction D.Cadman Dizzying Possibilities, Plots, and Endings: Girlhood in Jill McCorkle's Ferris Beach E.A.Walker 'I Ain't No FRIGGIN' LITTLE WIMP': The Girl 'I' Narrator in Fiction by Women R.Curry Coming of Age in the Snare of History: Jamaica Kincaid's The Autobiography of My Mother D.Simmons Subversive Storytelling: The Construction of Lesbian Girlhood through Fantasy and Fairytale in Jeanette Winterson's Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit I.A.Gamallo But That Was in Another Country: Girlhood and the Contemporary 'Coming to America' Narrative R.M.George Notes on Contributors
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