Beyond Bodies : Gender, Literature and the Enigma of Consciousness.
"Articulations and expressions of gender can be destabilising, transgressive, revolutionary and radical, encompassing both a painful legacy of oppression and a joyous exploration of new experience." Analysing key texts from the 19th to 21st centuries, this book explores a range of British...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Editions Rodopi,
2014.
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Colección: | Consciousness, literature & the arts ;
38. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | "Articulations and expressions of gender can be destabilising, transgressive, revolutionary and radical, encompassing both a painful legacy of oppression and a joyous exploration of new experience." Analysing key texts from the 19th to 21st centuries, this book explores a range of British and Anglophone authors to contextualise women's writing and feminist theory with ongoing debates in consciousness studies. Discussing writers who strive to redefine the gendered world of "sexualized" space, whether internal or external, mental or physical, this book argues how the "delusion" of gender differe. |
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Notas: | Angela Carter's feminist rewriting of fairy tales. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (248 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9789401210799 9401210799 |