Feminist fabulation : space/postmodern fiction /

The surprising and controversial thesis of Feminist Fabulation is unflinching: the postmodern canon has systematically excluded a wide range of important women's writing by dismissing it as genre fiction. Marleen Barr issues an urgent call for a corrective, for the recognition of a new meta- or...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Barr, Marleen S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 1992.
Subjects:
1900-1999
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Feminism and literature > History > 20th century.
Feminist fiction > History and criticism.
Fantasy fiction > History and criticism.
Space and time in literature.
Supernatural in literature.
Postmodernism (Literature)
Sex role in literature.
Women in literature.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Roman américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Surnaturel dans la littérature.
Postmodernisme (Littérature)
Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Narration.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Feminist.
American fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Feminism and literature.
Feminist fiction.
Roman
Schriftstellerin
Postmoderne
Feminismus
Literatur
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Preface: Having "Nunavit"; I. Reclaiming Canonical Space; 1. The Feminist Anglo-American Critical Empire Strikes Back; 2. Canonizing the Monstrous; II. Redefining Gendered Space; 3. "A Dream of Flying"; 4. Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing?; 5. All You Need Is Love?; III. Reconceiving Narrative Space; 6. Hesitation, Self-Experiment, Transformation-Women Mastering Female Narrative; 7. Gender and the Literature of Exhaustion; Afterword: Back to the Future; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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