The Shift in Gender Roles in Amy Tan’s 'The Joy Luck Club' and Khaled Hosseini’s 'The Kite Runner'
The unfair gender roles under patriarchal system are constructed to preserve gender inequality between men and women. Gender role practices extend gradually to maintain the male hegemony to make women powerless because female traditional gender roles (femininities) create dependency to men. Men are...
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| Language: | English |
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Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang
2018-03-01
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| Series: | Lensa: Kajian Kebahasaan, Kesusastraan, dan Budaya |
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| Online Access: | http://jurnal.unimus.ac.id/index.php/lensa/article/view/2205 |