The City and Gender Expression in Nik Nicholson’s Descendants of Hagar and Leona Beasley’s Something Better than Home

The city has become a hub of economic, social, and cultural exchange. Therefore, it appears to be the ideal place for shaping new normativities relating to gender and sexuality. However, we discover in Descendants of Hagar and Something Better than Home that it is more complex to live in the America...

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Main Author: Emma Brigitte DONGO
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Published: UNIVERSITE FELIX FOUPHOUET BOIGNY- COTE D'IVOIRE 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.rass-pgpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/V4N407.pdf
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Pensées Genre, Penser Autrement
the city
gender expression
inclusion
gender studies
title The City and Gender Expression in Nik Nicholson’s Descendants of Hagar and Leona Beasley’s Something Better than Home
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gender expression
inclusion
gender studies
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