Toward a Recognition of Androgyny (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Carolyn Gold
- First Published: 1973
- Type of Work: Literary criticism
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction
- Subjects: Gender roles, Literature, Feminism, Criticism, Stereotypes, Androgyny
Form and Content
Written during the height of the women’s movement, at a time when women were questioning society’s rigid definitions of what it meant to be a woman or man, Toward a Recognition of Androgyny suggests that the salvation of the human race depends upon the ability to transcend gender stereotyping and allow individuals a full range of human behaviors. This ideal state of understanding is “androgyny,” a term derived from the Greek andro (“male”) and gyn (“female”), meaning “a condition under which the characteristics of the...
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