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A powerful influence
— images of the grandmother in Canadian literature | | Author(s) | Carol Matthews |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 15, no 2, Summer 1996 |
| Pages | pp 264-273 |
| Keywords | Older women ; Grandmothers ; Fiction ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Canada. |
| Annotation | In contrast to the negative images which attend women in many statistical reports, literary gerontology provides a framework which allows us to see old women as complex and integrated figures. This paper discusses four Canadian novels in which grandmothers are central characters and support the growth and development of future generations. Through the old women in these novels, we may recognize the tradition of the mythic Great Mother in whose image we recognize the full power of our witches, wise women and ordinary old grandmothers. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970212016 A |
| Classmark | BD: SW2: HKF: TOB: 7S |
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