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Title Determined women : studies in the construction of the female subject, 1900-90 / edited and introduced by Jennifer Birkett and Elizabeth Harvey.

Imprint Savage, Md. : Barnes & Noble Books, 1991.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.4 D479D    Check Shelf
Description x, 213 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Form Also issued online.
Contents 1. Introduction / Jennifer Birkett and Elizabeth Harvey -- 2. Private fantasy and public intervention: girls' reading in Weimar Germany / Elizabeth Harvey -- 3. Doubly determined: the ambition of Storm Jameson / Jennifer Birkett -- 4. The negative of a person: media, image and authenticity in Sylvia Plath's "The bell jar / Stan Smith -- 5. A question of inheritance: Canadian women's short stories / Coral Ann Howells.
6. Whistling like a woman: the novels of Alice Walker / Jennifer Birkett -- 7. Beyond paper heroines: Maxie Wander's "Guten Morgen, de Schone" and its reception in the GDR / Patricia Harbord -- 8. Sexism in French: a case study / Robin Adamson -- 9. The castration of Cassandra / Helga Geyer-Ryan.
Subject Women -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
Women -- North America -- History -- 20th century.
European literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
Canadian literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
Feminism -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
Feminism -- North America -- History -- 20th century.
Women and literature -- History -- 20th century.
Women authors, Canadian (English) -- 20th century.
American literature -- Women authors. (OCoLC)fst00807271
Canadian literature -- Women authors. (OCoLC)fst00845155
European literature -- Women authors. (OCoLC)fst00916773
Feminism. (OCoLC)fst00922671
Women. (OCoLC)fst01176568
Women and literature. (OCoLC)fst01177093
Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
North America. (OCoLC)fst01242475
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author Birkett, Jennifer.
Harvey, Elizabeth.
Other Form: Online version: Determined women. Savage, Md. : Barnes & Noble Books, 1991 (OCoLC)643922510
ISBN 0389209503
9780389209508
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