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Mimetic desire and aAbjection: The social construction of woman in Winterson's the passion and McBride's 'A girl is a half-formed thing'
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TL;DR: The construction of women as social objects is a prevalent theme of women's literature that challenges the phallocratic grand narrative of Western history that limits the space of women in society as mentioned in this paper.
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Abstract: The construction of women as social objects is a prevalent theme of women's literature that challenges the phallocratic grand narrative of Western history that limits the space of women in society....
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