The girl : constructions of the girl in contemporary fiction by women / edited by Ruth O. Saxton.

Other author Saxton, Ruth.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : St. Martin's Press, 1998.
Descriptionxxix, 178 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects
American fiction--Women authors. --History and criticism.
Girls in literature.
Women and literature--United States. --History. --20th century.
Women and literature--Great Britain. --History. --20th century.
English fiction--Women authors. --History and criticism.
American fiction--20th century. --History and criticism.
English fiction--20th century. --History and criticism.

Contents Introduction / Ruth 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" / Brenda Daly -- Self-possession, dolls, Beatlemania, loss : telling the girl's own story / Gina Hausknecht -- The battleground of the adolescent girl's body / Brenda Boudreau -- When the back door is closed and the front yard is dangerous : the space of girlhood in Toni Morrison's fiction / Deborah Cadman -- Dizzying possibilities, plots and endings : girlhood in Jill McCorkle's Ferris beach / Elinor Ann Walker -- "I ain't no FRIGGIN LITTLE WIMP" : the girl "I" narrator in contemporary fiction / Renee R. Curry -- Coming-of-age in the snare of history : Jamaica Kincaid's The autobiography of my mother / Diane Simmons -- Subversive storytelling : the construction of lesbian girlhood through fantasy and fairy tale in Jeanette Winterson's Oranges are not the only fruit / Isabel C. Anievas Gamallo -- But that was in another country : girlhood and the contemporary "coming to America" narrative / Rosemary Marangoly George.
Local noteLittle-314872--305131025091U
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [153]-164) and index.
LCCN 98003849
ISBN0312173539

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PS374.G55 G57 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold