The Blinding Lights of (Post)feminist Empowerment in Joyce Carol Oates’s "Night, Neon”

Juliana, the protagonist of Joyce Carol Oates’s 2018 novella “Night, Neon,” is portrayed as a confident, empowered young woman who appears to embody the postfeminist ideal of “having it all”—autonomy, agency, and adherence to traditional feminine norms like marriage and motherhood. However, as the s...

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Main Author: Stéphanie Maerten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of San Francisco 2025-01-01
Series:Bearing Witness: Joyce Carol Oates Studies
Online Access:https://repository.usfca.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=jcostudies
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