María Davis

Creating Your Own Space

The Metaphor of the House in Feminist Literature

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Produktbeschreibung

Creating Your Own Space explores the reasons for the use of the house as a metaphor by analyzing two literary works and a particular metaphor, such as the house as a prison or the house as a place of economic freedom.

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Produktdetails

• Innovation and Activism in American Women's Writing
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 84
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 136g
• ISBN-13: 9781793615374
• ISBN-10: 1793615373
• Artikelnr.: 64955513

Autorenporträt

Maria Davis is visiting assistant professor of Spanish at Oxford College of Emory University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The House as a Symbol of Women's Economic Freedom: The House on
Mango Street and A Room of One's Own
Chapter 2: The House and Female Mental Entrapment: The Yellow Wallpaper and
Wide Sargasso Sea
Chapter 3: The House as a Metaphor for Social Performance: The House of
Mirth and The Awakening
Chapter 4: The House as a Symbol of Female Physical Entrapment: A Doll
House and La casa de Bernarda Alba
Chapter 5: The House as a Magical Space: The House of the Spirits and Like
Water for Chocolate
Chapter 6: The House as a Metaphor of Social and Racial Integration: Brown
Girl, Brownstones and A Raisin in the Sun