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Autor/in | Maierhofer, Roberta |
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Titel | Desperately Seeking the Self: Gender, Age, and Identity in Tillie Olsen's "Tell Me a Riddle" and Michelle Herman's "Missing." |
Quelle | In: Educational Gerontology, 25 (1999) 2, S.129-41Infoseite zur Zeitschrift |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0360-1277 |
Schlagwörter | Age; Females; Gender Issues; Sex Role; Stereotypes |
Abstract | Using feminist theory, critical reading of novels by Olsen and Herman uncovers a process of constructing identity in the face of social pressures regarding gender. Repudiation of stereotypes leads to definition of the self not based on gender- or age-defined positions. (SK) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |