CONTACT:
Paula Friedman
Cardinal Stritch University; 6801 N. Yates Road
Fox Point, WI 53217
414-410-4539
psfriedman at stritch.edu
Paula Friedman will negotiate costs with you. Contact her directly to make arrangements. REGION:
Milwaukee County, Quad Counties WisconsinHUMANITIES EXPERTISE:
Literature, Gender Studies, Holocaust Studies
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PAULA FRIEDMAN
Paula Friedman has taught writing and literature classes at Cardinal Stritch University for thirty years. She received her Master’s and undergraduate degrees in English from the University of Chicago. She has led book discussions for the Wisconsin Humanities Council and has presented programs and papers for the Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, the American Popular Cultural Association, the American Literature Association, and the Jane Austin Society of North America. Her research interests combine an intersection of politics and literature. She has focused on evolving roles and definitions for men and women as parents and as partners, Holocaust studies, and age studies/gender.
Public Presentations:
Un)Womanly Taboo Violations: Gertrude and her Successors
In Act III of Hamlet, Hamlet tells his mother “for at your age,/The heyday in the blood is tame, it’s humble,/And waits upon the judgment.” Beginning with Gertrude in Hamlet, this presentation offers an analysis of outrage (in the form of adult sons and daughters) that targets sexuality in older women. The presentation examines resistance and rebellion in Gertrude, Hazel Peoples in Toni Cade Bambara’s contemporary short story, “My Man, Bovanne” and in Monica Szabo in Mary Gordon’s recent novel, Spending.
Public Presentation: Topsy-Turvy: Stages and Ages
This presentation traces life’s vicissitudes: the ups, downs, quests for meaning, and the laughter—through childhood, young adulthood, and adulthood. The discussion will plumb a variety of genres: film, (including Heartburn and When Harry Met Sally) memoir, and short fiction.
Other Public Program Ideas: Paula Friedman is available to lead book discussions. Contact her directly to make arrangements.
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