Femininity and identity trouble in Jeanette Winterson’s postmodern novels: the passion (1987)‎ and written on the body (1992)‎

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Identifying femininity has always been linked to gender roles and responsibilities associated with society's expectations of women.

gender, particularly femininity, has been a central concern to feminist theory which has put a good deal of energy to combat traditional gender ideologies about women's inferiority to men.

this research attempts to contribute to the study of femininity and gender identity in postmodern British literature.

the passion (1987) and written on the body (1992) by Jeanette winter son are the materials chosen to investigate troubles of femininity and identity that are trigged by the author's experience.

with a vivid feminist consciousness, Winterson presents her main characters in a struggle with their gender putting across their views about their femininity with regard to many different incidents.

evidently, this portrayal is Winterson's revolt against all forms of women suppression.