ENC 1102 - Steinhardt (Dale Mabry): Girl

Girl, from Introduction to Literary Context: American Short Fiction

Includes Content Synopsis; Historical Context; Societal Context; Religious Context; Scientific & Technological Context; Biogaphical Context; Essay Ideas; and more.

From the source: "A strictly descriptive summary of 'Girl' can easily be accomplished in a single sentence: an older woman instructs a girl, almost certainly her daughter, on how to behave like a lady, take care of the household, and interact with men."

Jamaica Kincaid, from The Eighties in America

This essay is tken from an encyclopedia of people, books, films, play, and other important topics representative of the United States during the 1980s.

From the source: "Kincaid's fiction offered an angry and idiosyncratic new voice to American readers, as it addressed racism, colonialism, and the repression of women."