Essays about: "failure of sisterhood"

Found 1 essay containing the words failure of sisterhood.

  1. 1. The Failure of Promoting a Sense of Sisterhood in the Face of Patriarchy         : A Feminist Reading of Jane Smiley's A Thousand Acres    

    University essay from Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Jennifer Bolmefalk; [2012]
    Keywords : : Jane Smiley; A Thousand Acres; Second wave feminism; sisterhood; failure of sisterhood; patriarchal society; women s living conditions; farming community.;

    Abstract : This study is a feminist reading of Jane Smiley's novel A Thousand Acres. It focuses on the Cook sisters and their lives in a farming community at a time that coincides with the end of second wave feminism. In particular, it pays attention to the absence of sisterhood among the three sisters in the novel. READ MORE