1. Literature and Defying Female Gender Roles
Diane Di Prima presents feminism through the use of her female character living out the unique, atypical female life of a bachelor in her autobiographical short story "Dinners and Nightmares" and "What I Ate Where". The uniquely styled short story primarily focuses on a woman living in what seems to be a one-bedroom apartment, jumping from job to job, eating anything she can to survive. ... On page 33, the reader can further acknowledge her lack of concern for her looks when Diane explains how she wore jeans to a family dinner and her mother brought her upstairs in attempt ...
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- Approx Pages: 9
- Grade Level: Undergraduate