CoL49 and feminism

[Robin Landseadel]

 From a blog from Washington City Paper: "A Very Androgynous  
Christmas" Posted by Amanda Hess :

	This is what was so refreshing to me about the book (written,
	yes, 40 years ago): gender is barely noticeable as an aspect of
	Oedipa’s character. None of her actions evoke the explanation
	“because she is a woman.” And while she has relationships
	and sex and all that jazz, she comes off as just human, not
	female. The fact that this was so clear and surprising and
	refreshing in the Crying of Lot 49 made me realize how
	oppressively gender can shape the characters of other works.

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