Where have all the mothers gone?
Re-presenting the maternal and the mother–daughter relationship
in dystopian fiction with young adult heroines

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Where have all the mothers gone? Re-presenting the maternal and the mother–daughter relationship in dystopian fiction with young adult heroines

My PhD project investigates the complex presentation and absenting of mother characters in twenty-first-century dystopian fiction featuring purportedly empowered young adult heroines. I use a literary and cultural studies approach to analyse context and representations of mothers in this genre, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Foster, Sara
Format:	Thesis
Published:	Curtin University 2022
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91413

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