Navigating Women's Friendships in American Literature and Culture
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Description
This volume presents a collection of critical essays that center women’s friendship in women’s literary and artistic production. Analyzing cultural portrayals of women’s friendships in fiction, letters, and film, these essays collectively suggest new models of literary interpretation that do not prioritize heterosexual romance. Instead, this book represents friendships as mature and meaningful relationships that contribute to identity formation and political coalition. Both the supportive and competitive aspects of friendships are shown to be crucial to women’s identities as individuals, political citizens, and artists. Addressing the complexities of how 20th- and 21st-century cultural texts construe women’s friendships as they navigate patriarchal institutions, this collection advances scholarship on friendship beyond men and masculine models.
ISBN
978-3-031-08002-9
Publication Date
11-11-2022
Publisher
Springer Nature
City
New York City
Keywords
English Department (WKU)
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Creative Writing | English Language and Literature | Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Fiction | Literature in English, North America | Women's Studies
Recommended Citation
Branham, Kristi Editor and Reames, Kelly Editor, "Navigating Women's Friendships in American Literature and Culture" (2022). WKU Faculty Book Gallery. 1.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/faculty_books/1