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Distorted bodies and suffering souls : women in Australian fiction, 1984-1994 /
Chaos. Pain. Self-mutilation. Women starve themselves. They burn or slash their own flesh or their babies' throats, and slam their newborns against walls. Their bodies are the canvases on which the suffering of the soul carves itself with knife and razor. In Australian fiction written by women...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; New York :
Rodopi,
2013.
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| Colección: | Cross/cultures ;
160. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Chaos. Pain. Self-mutilation. Women starve themselves. They burn or slash their own flesh or their babies' throats, and slam their newborns against walls. Their bodies are the canvases on which the suffering of the soul carves itself with knife and razor. In Australian fiction written by women between 1984 and 1994, female characters inscribe their inner chaos on their bodies to exert whatever power they have over themselves. Their self-inflicted pain is both reaction and language, the bodily sign not only of their enfeeblement but also to a certain extent of their empowerment, of themselves a. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 325 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-308) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789401209281 9401209286 |