Miller, Barratt2010-05-142010-05-142010-05-14http://hdl.handle.net/10177/2927This paper examines the way Robin McKinley's Rose Daughter uses female epistemologies. By destabilizing the visual and emphasizing the use of touch as a means of knowing, this retelling of Beauty and the Beast challenges traditional gender roles presented in earlier versions of the tale.en-USBeauty and the Beast, Robin McKinley, Rose Daughter, ecriture feminine, female epistemologiesThesis