Back to matchesWe found a matchYour institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.TitleThe pleasures and perils of merging: Female subjectivity in Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping.AuthorsKaivola, KarenAbstractDiscusses female subjectivity in Marilynne Robinson's novel `Housekeeping'. Subversion and reinvention of cultural myths, structures, and ideologies oppressive to women; Characterization of Ruth and Sylvie in `Housekeeping'; Analysis of plot.SubjectsHOUSEKEEPING (Book); BOOKSPublicationContemporary Literature, 1993, Vol 34, Issue 4, p670ISSN0010-7484Publication typeLiterary CriticismDOI10.2307/1208805