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Beginning with The Women’s Room (1977), Marilyn French succeeded in creating an “intimate public” (Berlant, Lauren. 2008. The Female Complaint. The Unfinished Business of Sentimentality in American Culture. Duke University Press.) with readers by drawing on shared feelings of illegitimacy, dissatisfaction with the roles of housewife and mother, and suppressed anger—the products of an overly restrictive definition of gender and a systemic denial of personal and bodily autonomy. In her novels, French invented a rich iconography and bestiary from this emotional patrimony, inspired by the female body and imposed domesticity. These contributions to women’s culture indicate personal and political paths to taking control.

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Out of The Women’s Room: Marilyn French’s Iconography of Emotional Restraint

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    2025年

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  • Stephanie Genty

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Beginning with The Women’s Room (1977), Marilyn French succeeded in creating an “intimate public” (Berlant, Lauren. 2008. The Female Complaint. The Unfinished Business of Sentimentality in American Culture. Duke University Press.) with readers by drawing on shared feelings of illegitimacy, dissatisfaction with the roles of housewife and mother, and suppressed anger—the products of an overly restrictive definition of gender and a systemic denial of personal and bodily autonomy. In her novels, French invented a rich iconography and bestiary from this emotional patrimony, inspired by the female body and imposed domesticity. These contributions to women’s culture indicate personal and political paths to taking control.