Essays about: "Karin Wijk"

Found 1 essay containing the words Karin Wijk.

  1. 1. THE TENSIONS BETWEEN FEMINISM AND LOVE IN SIRI HUSTVEDT’S THE SUMMER WITHOUT MEN

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Karin Wijk; [2016-02-05]
    Keywords : materialist feminism; love; heterosexual relationships; transcendence;

    Abstract : Abstract: This essay investigates why and how inequalities in heterosexual love relationships persist in The Summer without Men, even though the protagonist as a narrator is engaged in a feminist critique throughout the novel. Materialist feminism and previous research on the novel is used to examine how the protagonist and the other women in the novel balance between conforming to and resisting patriarchal norms. READ MORE