Narrativising the `woman monster`: heroines who transgress the feminine script
journal contribution
posted on 2006-01-01, 00:00authored byJade McKay
Contemporary fiction, through its delineation of “feminine” and “unfeminine” women, ultimately either perpetuates or challenges the patriarchal discourse of femininity. This paper is premised on the belief that “the feminine” falls into two specific categories, each as limiting in scope as the other: namely, conformity and transgression.
History
Journal
Quest: the postgraduate e-journal by students in the faculty of arts, humanities and social sciences at Queen`s University Belfast