A Mother’s Revenge: Gendered Mourning, Voicelessness, and the Passing Down of Memory in Cynthia Ozick’s Short Story “What Happened to the Baby” (2006)

This article focuses on a little-studied short story from Jewish American writer Cynthia Ozick, “What Happened to the Baby?” It explores the narrative elaboration of a distinctly feminine trauma—that of a mother in mourning whose grief is not acknowledged in a patriarchal context. My approach uses c...

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Main Author: Myriam Marie Ackermann-Sommer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-01-01
Series:Literature
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2410-9789/5/1/3
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