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Butters, Elizabeth. |
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Youngstown State University. Dept. of English. |
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2011-01-31T14:20:23Z |
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2019-09-08T02:34:15Z |
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2011-01-31T14:20:23Z |
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2019-09-08T02:34:15Z |
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2003 |
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dc.date.issued |
2003 |
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dc.identifier.other |
b19603435 |
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http://jupiter.ysu.edu/record=b1960343 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/1989/6321 |
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dc.description |
v, 75 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm. |
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dc.description |
Thesis (M.A.)--Youngstown State University, 2003. |
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dc.description |
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 72-75). |
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dc.description.abstract |
This thesis focuses on the careers and lives of two remarkable women
during the late nineteenth century who followed their creative ambitions: Mary
Cassatt (1844-1926), an artist, and Kate Chopin (1850-1904), a writer. Cassatt
and Chopin worked hard to establish themselves as artists and followed similar
paths: first, to gain recognition and establish themselves as professionals and later
to develop their own styles. Cassatt and Chopin helped to alter what was and is
expected and acceptable for women artists through their resistance to the norms.
The main emphasize is on the parallel choices Cassatt and Chopin made
about their careers, their feelings toward society, and the development of their
women subjects and characters. At the beginning of Cassatt and Chopin's careers,
they went along with the norms. The section "Establishing a Name" explains why
they originally went along with the art forms that were the most acceptable for .
artists. The section "Encountering New Possibilities" discusses the middle part of
their careers when they began to resist the norms. Their resistance came with the
help oftheir new mentors and their growing confidence in their ability as artists.
Their final development as artists is discussed in "Finding One's Niche." At this
point in their careers, they had found a balance between what society expected of
them and what they wanted as artists. |
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dc.description.statementofresponsibility |
by Elizabeth Butters. |
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dc.language.iso |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Master's Theses no. 0793 |
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dc.subject.classification |
Master's Theses no. 0793 |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926--Criticism and interpretation. |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904--Criticism and interpretation. |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Women artists--19th century. |
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Women authors, American--19th century. |
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dc.title |
Resistance to the norms : the careers and lives of Mary Cassatt and Kate Chopin |
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Thesis |
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