Violence and the female imagination : Quebec's women writers re-frame gender in North American cultures /

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In the past twenty years Quebec women writers, including Aline Chamberland, Claire Dé, Suzanne Jacob, and Hélène Rioux, have created female characters who are fascinated with bold sexual actions and language, cruelty, and violence, at times culminating in infanticide and serial killing. Paula Rut...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gilbert, Paula Ruth
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2006
Temas:
Violence in literature.
Women in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Violence in women > North America.
Canadian fiction (French) > Women authors > History and criticism.
Canadian fiction (French) > Québec (Province) > History and criticism.
Canadian fiction (French) > 20th century > History and criticism.
Violence dans la littérature.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature.
Violence chez la femme.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Canadian.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Women Authors.
Violence in women.
North America.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In the past twenty years Quebec women writers, including Aline Chamberland, Claire Dé, Suzanne Jacob, and Hélène Rioux, have created female characters who are fascinated with bold sexual actions and language, cruelty, and violence, at times culminating in infanticide and serial killing. Paula Ruth Gilbert argues that these Quebec feminist writers are "re-framing" gender.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 426 pages : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-412) and index.
ISBN:9780773577107
0773577106
1282867555
9781282867550

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