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A compelling critical investigation into Gilman's conception of
setting and place. Charlotte Perkins Gilman and a Woman's Place in
America is a pioneering collection that probes how depictions of
space, confinement, and liberation establish both the difficulty
and necessity of female empowerment. Turning Victorian notions of
propriety and a woman's place on its ear, this finely crafted essay
collection studies Gilman's writings and the manner in which they
push back against societal norms and reject male-dominated confines
of space. The contributors present fascinating and innovative
readings of some of Gilman's most significant works. By examining
the settings in ""The Yellow Wallpaper"" and Herland, for example,
the volume analyzes Gilman's construction of place, her
representations of male dominance and female subjugation, and her
analysis of the rules and obligations that women feel in conforming
to their assigned place: the home. Additionally, this volume
delineates female resistance to this conformity. Contributors
highlight how Gilman's narrators often choose resistance over
obedient captivity, breaking free of the spaces imposed upon them
in order to seek or create their own habitats. Through biographical
interpretations of Gilman's work that focus on the author's own
renouncement of her ""natural"" role of wife and mother,
contributors trace her relocation to the American West in an
attempt to appropriate the masculinized spaces of work and social
organization. Engaging, well-researched, and deftly written, the
essays in this collection will appeal to scholars of Gilman,
literature, and gender issues alike.
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