The Limitations of Rigid Gender Norms in Willa Cather’s My Ántonia

This essay examines the limitations of societal gender norms and expectations of the late nineteenth-century and how the fictional character Ántonia Shimerda adheres to and fails to conform to them. In nineteenth-century America men and women were divided into two different spheres. Women were expec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Paulsson, Emelie
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Högskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för lärande och miljö 2015
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-15266