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6 “Room for Paradoxes”

Creating a Hybrid Identity
  • Christy Rishoi
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From Girl to Woman
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© 2003 State University of New York

© 2003 State University of New York

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Acknowledgments xi
  4. Identity and the Coming-of-Age Narrative 1
  5. Feminism, Autobiography, and Theories of Subjectivity 23
  6. Coming of Age in America 47
  7. Specifying American Girlhood 75
  8. “Lying Contests” 109
  9. “Room for Paradoxes” 133
  10. Notes 161
  11. Works Cited 177
  12. Index 191
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780791486887-007

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Acknowledgments xi
  4. Identity and the Coming-of-Age Narrative 1
  5. Feminism, Autobiography, and Theories of Subjectivity 23
  6. Coming of Age in America 47
  7. Specifying American Girlhood 75
  8. “Lying Contests” 109
  9. “Room for Paradoxes” 133
  10. Notes 161
  11. Works Cited 177
  12. Index 191
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