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Rescripting the Coming-of-Age Narrative in Eudora Welty's "Moon Lake".

The article explores the rescripting of coming-of-age narrative in Eudora Welty's novel "Moon Lake." Topics discussed include limitation of camp experience by gender, race and class identities from the eyes of White girls, the act of Easter's submersions that reflects divisions by racial class and g...

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Published in:Women's Studies Vol. 53; no. 2; pp. 147 - 169
Main Author: Ford, Sarah Gilbreath
Format: Literary Criticism
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar2024
Subjects:
Moon Lake (Book : Welty)
Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001
Coming of age
Gender
Social classes
Race
Patriarchy
White women
21st century (Literary period)
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        Gender
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          Gender
          Social classes
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          Patriarchy
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