The Blinding Lights of (Post)feminist Empowerment in Joyce Carol Oates’s "Night, Neon”
Juliana, the protagonist of Joyce Carol Oates’s 2018 novella “Night, Neon,” is portrayed as a confident, empowered young woman who appears to embody the postfeminist ideal of “having it all”—autonomy, agency, and adherence to traditional feminine norms like marriage and motherhood. However, as the s...
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| Main Author: | Stéphanie Maerten |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of San Francisco
2025-01-01
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| Series: | Bearing Witness: Joyce Carol Oates Studies |
| Online Access: | https://repository.usfca.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=jcostudies |
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