Women, violoence, and twentieth-century American literature

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dc.creatorGood, Sally
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-14T23:15:12Z
dc.date.available2011-02-18T20:07:27Z
dc.date.available2016-11-14T23:15:12Z
dc.date.issued2003-08
dc.degree.departmentEnglishen_US
dc.description.abstractViolence in American literature is commonplace and has been the topic of considerable study. A more thorough explorafion of women and violence in twentieth-century American literature, however, with an emphasis on an evolutionary/scientific approach, is my focus, with consideration of authors' perspectives and readers' perceptions in addition to textual readings and character analyses. In this project, I seek to illustrate through literature evolutionary explanations to questions such as "Why are men more violent than women?" and "Why has violence against women been allowed to continue for so long?" The research for this study involves and entire century's sampling of American fiction, as I have sought to observe changes in perspectives of violence and women—and to pursue answers to such questions as "Have women traditionally invited violence from males?" and "Is the number of violent women on the increase?" Some of the works analyzed are Faulkner's Sanctuary, Rossner's Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Morrison's Beloved, and Walker's The Color Purple. Chapter focuses include violence theories, rape, the violent and "crazy" American female, sexual violence, and violence ion fiction by minority women.
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2346/12971en_US
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTexas Tech Universityen_US
dc.rights.availabilityUnrestricted.
dc.subjectAmerican literature -- 20th centuryen_US
dc.subjectWomen authorsen_US
dc.subjectAnti-feminismen_US
dc.subjectFeminismen_US
dc.titleWomen, violoence, and twentieth-century American literature
dc.typeDissertation

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