Sex expression & American women writers, 1860-1940 /

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American women novelists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries registered a call for a new sexual freedom, Dale Bauer contends. By creating a lexicon of sex expression, many authors explored sexuality as part of a discourse about women's needs rather than confining it to the real...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bauer, Dale M., 1956-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
1800-1999
American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Sex in literature.
Language and sex.
Expression in literature.
Roman américain > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Sexualité dans la littérature.
Langage et sexualité.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Women Authors.
American fiction.
American fiction > Women authors.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The sexualization of American culture
  • Blood, sex, and the ugly girl
  • Refusing middle age
  • Sex power
  • Inarticulate sex
  • Is sex everything?
  • Conclusion: sexual exhaustion.

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