This volume focuses on the literary and artistic exploration of female friendship in various geographical contexts, spanning the centuries from the medieval period until the present. The essays address the intense female bonding in world literature as a universal human need for intimacy, sense of belonging, and purpose. The main focus is on the reevaluation of friendships between women, which have been traditionally less epitomized than those between men. The authors of this volume demonstrate how the emotional unions of women offer compelling insights to various historical and contemporary societies, helping us understand gender relations, traditions, family life, and community values.

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Yes, you can access Female Friendship by Slav N. Gratchev,Ida Day,Larry Sheret,Slav Gratchev in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Literary Criticism for Women Authors. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Publisher

Lexington Books

Year

2022

eBook ISBN

9781978799790

Edition

Topic

Social Sciences

Subtopic

Literary Criticism for Women Authors

Index

Social Sciences

Cover
Contents
List of Illustrations
Female Friendship—A Foreword
“Apt for Friendship”
Politics and Pain of Women’s Cross-Racial Friendships
Fyrir innan stokk
“Chloe likes Olivia”
Subversive Seeing and Sisterhood in Céline Sciamma’s‌‌‌ Portrait of a Lady on Fire (20
We: Women in a Traditional (Zapotec) World
In the Shadows of a World Famous Twentieth-Century Relationship
“Perfect Little Ladies”
Proto-Feminist Friendship in Margherita Sarrocchi’s Scanderbeide
Female Friendship in the Middle English Romance Ywain and Gawain
Dime con quién andas
A Little Trail through the Silver Age of Russia
Echoes of Larger Life
Index
About the Editors and Contributors

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