Women's Work: A Look At The Transformative Power Of Female Labor In Appalachian Literature

ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
Meredith McCarroll (Creator)
Institution
Appalachian State University (ASU )
Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Advisor
Edwin Arnold

Abstract: The people of Appalachia have long been misunderstood and misrepresented. Women, in particular, have historically been shown in fiction as weak victims. I sense, in Appalachian women that I know as well as the ones I have encountered in fiction, a strength that separates them from other women. It is this strength of body and spirit that is brought forth in their labor that I attempt to study in this thesis.

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Publication
Thesis
McCarroll, M. (2001). Women's Work: A Look At The Transformative Power Of Female Labor In Appalachian Literature. Unpublished Master’s Thesis. Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
Language: English
Date: 2001
Keywords
women, Appalachia, fiction, Appalachian literature, English, Lee Smith, Charles Frazier, Wilma Dykeman, Robert Morgan, Appalachian women

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