Chapter 2
Recodification of class and gender in the French translation of Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Article outline
- 2.1Introduction: Adoption and class in Oranges
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2.2The mother’s social class and status: Limited possibilities, hoarding, envy and rituals
- 2.3The mother’s position in relation to the working class: Repulsion and disassociation from corruption and pathology
- 2.4The regulation of motherhood, power and ethics
- 2.5The maternal precepts: Class mobility and female emancipation
- 2.6The daughter’s principles and attitude to issues of class
- 2.7Conclusion
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Notes