The other other: self-definition outside patriarchal institutions in Angela Carter's 'Wise Children.' (Angela Carter): An article from: The Review of Contemporary Fiction

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From the supplier: Angela Carter subverts socially accepted notions of gender and identity in her novel 'Wise Children' by making the other the standard. When there is no foil to define itself against, the patriarchal system of identity definition crumbles. This forces individuals to define their own identity. The identical twins Nora and Dora, who represent otherness, find their identity from each other. Carter appears to indicate that in a world free of imposed patriarchal notions, identity will be based on communal definitions that transcend gender differentiation.

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Title: The other other: self-definition outside patriarchal institutions in Angela Carter's 'Wise Children.' (Angela Carter)
Author: Michael Hardin
Publication:The Review of Contemporary Fiction (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 1994
Publisher: Review of Contemporary Fiction
Volume: v14 Issue: n3 Page: p77(7)

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