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Literature review: Final

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Literature Review I.                Introduction    I’m investigating three memoirs all by white causation females. Their books are about their transition to becoming feminists. I want to see if there is a universal experience to transitioning to a feminist, although, I am aware that personal experiences can be different for everyone. I feel this is important because people should understand that there isn’t a “right” way to transition to a feminist- it’s different for everyone, which is universal in itself. I also feel this is an important study topic, because it applies to almost everything socially constructed. Everything social is constructed or influenced by politics, theory, literature, history, sociology, psychology, which also has relevance to gender. Gender is related to a lot of social construction that we live in, which is why feminism is increasing.    Themes that I am going to study are autobiography, bildungsroman, creative non-fiction, gender, class (consciousness