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Podcast: The Canon Reviewed
Episode: The Awakening, Part 2
Description: Today’s episode is going to be a bit unusual. Yes, we’ll still be looking at The Awakening, but examining more its historical context than its story – seeing where and how the novel fits on a social and political timeline. So, please, pull up a chair by the fire, and let’s continue our discussion of Kate Chopin’s The Awakening. Special Links: Audre Lorde's "The Uses of Anger" https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/speeches-african-american-history/1981-audre-lorde-uses-anger-women-responding-racism/ National Women's Museum Third-Wave https://www.womenshistory.org/exhibits/feminism-third-wave#:~:text=Much%20like%20the%20first%20and,to%20mains...