women
irvine
cultures discomfort with the post WW1
woman.
Irvine
“Women in Steinbeck's novel are portrayed as
adaptable in times of adversity”
williamson
When masculinity falters,
femininity remains steady, necessary for
everyone’s survival
shilinglaw
Ma is a feminist— feisty, strong,
loving, resilient — and the kind of leader, then
and now, who might guide the nation’s jalopy
through difficult times. "
motley
Steinbeck presents Ma Joad’s growing power
as a source of communal strength
crockett
“it is through the unflinching fortitude of Ma,
and through Rose of Sharon who now
becomes an extension of Ma, that the promise
of future revival is given.”
tyson
The novel abounds in minor female
characters whose dress and activities identify
them as incarnations of the New Woman
parkinson
They are often vain, egotistical, even
destructive and ruthless
tyson
That the novel finds this freedom
unacceptable in women is evident in its
unsympathetic portrayals
tyson - unnaceptable
That the novel finds this freedom
unacceptable in women is evident in its
unsympathetic portrayals
Sanderson
anderson
"Flapperdom stood for individual rebellion
against the old pieties and restraints"