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  1. 1. Power Structures in Willa Cather’s My Ántonia

    Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Författare :Anna-Karin Jonsson Kvist; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Foucault; Butler; women; patriarchy; woman emancipation; My Ántonia. Power structures; Willa Cather;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis in this essay states that Ántonia Shimerda and Lena Lingard in My Ántonia achieve a higher degree of woman emancipation because of their active response to prevailing power structures and that Cather uses the hardships and disappointments of these young women to highlight these power structures. Therefore, My Ántonia can be regarded as a novel taking a stand against patriarchal power structures. LÄS MER