Artikel
The fear of telling it like it is : concealment tactics in Rita Mae Brown's fiction
Verfasst von:
Décuré, Nicole
in:
Women's studies international forum
New York [u.a.]:
1994
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425 - 432 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Ariadne | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Décuré, Nicole |
| In: | Women's studies international forum |
| Jahr: | 1994 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| This article focuses on the strategies the characters in Rita Mae Brown's fiction use to hide certain aspects of their lives that are unacceptable to society: lesbianism, femaleness, interracial love, adultery, illicit motherhood. Beyond the comedy, Brown denounces the concealment tactics used to maintain one's place in society as hypocritical and harmful, lethal even. She argues for openness and tolerance, for the right of individuals to realise their potential, to define themselves outside social conventions. She paints strong, self-sufficient, independent women who struggle with their attempts at new defintions, who try to extend solidarity with other women through barriers of race and class. Wishful thinking rather than realism pervade the novels. Sex and race are touchy subjects that Rita Mae Brown tackles with an original voice. | |
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