Willful Girls: Gender and Agency in Contemporary Anglo-American and German Fiction

by Emily Jeremiah

Explores the process of "becoming woman" through an analysis of the depiction of girls and young women in contemporary Anglo-American and German literary texts.

What does it mean to "become woman" in the context of neoliberalism and postfeminism? What is the role of will in this process? Willful Girls explores these questions through an analysis of the depiction of girls and youngwomen in contemporary Anglo-American and German literary texts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1640140085
• ISBN13: 9781640140080
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"