The Promise and Limitations of Working-Class Male Protagonists
Peterson is often hailed as one of our greatest Mormon writers because his work examines Mormon life with an unflinching gaze. Yes, it is important that we see their stories, but including a wider cast of more fully developed female characters and people of color would echo the diversity of the real...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Foundation
2022
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| In: |
Dialogue
Year: 2022, Volume: 55, Issue: 2, Pages: 185-188 |
| Further subjects: | B
MIDDLE-aged women
B WORKING class B YOUNG women B Book review B PEOPLE of color B MARRIED men |
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Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Summary: | Peterson is often hailed as one of our greatest Mormon writers because his work examines Mormon life with an unflinching gaze. Yes, it is important that we see their stories, but including a wider cast of more fully developed female characters and people of color would echo the diversity of the real world we live in - a world Peterson doesn't seem to want to acknowledge. Peterson describes Arne as one who "respected feminists at a distance, but their battle wasn't his.". |
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| Reference: | Kritik in "Another Perspective on Levi Peterson (2023)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Dialogue
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5406/15549399.55.2.23 |