English Literature A-Level
patriarchal structures
What patriarchal structures means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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The forces constraining women's internal lives, which the narrative's stream-of-consciousness exposes.
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Related terms
- Social class, propriety, and patriarchal constraints
- stream of consciousness
- The economic vulnerability of women and the marriage market
- domestic sphere
- female interiority
- Sense (rationality) versus sensibility (emotion)
- Sisterhood and female relationships
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