The Matriarch's Power: A Cross-Cultural Literary Study by Bassein, Beth Ann

The Matriarch's Power: A Cross-Cultural Literary Study (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780820422053)

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The Matriarch's Power: A Cross-Cultural Literary Study by Bassein, Beth Ann

The Matriarch's Power: A Cross-Cultural Literary Study

$53.95
The Matriarch's Power: A Cross-Cultural Literary Study by Bassein, Beth Ann

The Matriarch's Power: A Cross-Cultural Literary Study

$53.95
Format: Hardcover
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The Matriarch's Power: A Cross-Cultural Literary Study analyzes older women in literature from various countries to determine both the nature of stereotypes and the conditions under which this age group can be depicted realistically and without prejudice. The literature scrutinized was written primarily in the twentieth century and illustrates how writers utilize older women for satire, humor, and/or castigation of whole societies. Women of means and mothers are often negative depictions whereas women who are activists or adopt a social concern they want remedied are positive depictions. It is made obvious that older women are currently moving beyond roles prescribed for them.

Author: Beth Ann Bassein
ISBN-10: 0820422053
ISBN-13: 9780820422053
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Language: English
Published: 09/01/1993
Pages: 168
Format: Hardcover
By Beth Ann Bassein
By Beth Ann Bassein
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The Author: Beth Ann Bassein is Professor Emerita of the University of Southern Colorado where she taught English and Women's Studies for twenty five years. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. from the Univeristy of Missouri-Columbia, and has done research at the University of Colorado-Boulder, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University of Iowa-Iowa City. Among her publications are articles on women, a large body of poetry, one short story, and Women and Death: Linkages in Western Thought and Literature. The latter work underscores the pervasiveness of death images surrounding women.

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