It is with this type of reading perhaps that a lesbian narrative space is created by Cather in "My Antonia." ... If the red grass were full of rattlers, I was equal to them all." ... Cather swaps the conventional gender roles with the characters of Jim and Antonia, creating a destabilised text. ... Shimerda, who could say so little, yet managed to say so much when he exclaimed, "My Antonia!." ... Antonia therefore, is given a higher position in terms of the portrayal of a female in My Antonia, as compared to Lena. ...

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