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Ordinary masochisms : agency and desire in Victorian and modernist fiction /

"Revealing how literary works from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries frequently challenged the prevailing view of masochism as a deviant behavior, Jennifer Mitchell shows that characters in these texts achieve self-definition and empowerment by pursuing and performing pain, defying heteron...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mitchell, Jennifer, 1982- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2020]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Revealing how literary works from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries frequently challenged the prevailing view of masochism as a deviant behavior, Jennifer Mitchell shows that characters in these texts achieve self-definition and empowerment by pursuing and performing pain, defying heteronormative and patriarchal gender dynamics"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 215 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0813057671
9780813057675