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"In an innovative and invigorating exploration of the complex relations between women and the modern, Rita Felski challenges conventional male-centered theories of modernity. She also calls into question those feminist perspectives that have either demonized the modern as inherently patriarchal...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Felski, Rita, 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 1995.
Subjects:
1800-1999
Feminist theory.
Civilization, Modern > 19th century.
Civilization, Modern > 20th century.
Women and literature.
Women in literature.
Feminist criticism.
Feminist literary criticism.
Théorie féministe.
Civilisation > 19e siècle.
Civilisation > 20e siècle.
Femmes et littérature.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Critique féministe.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Feminist.
Civilization, Modern
Feminist criticism
Feminist theory
Women and literature
Women in literature
Feminisme.
Sekseverschillen.
Moderniteit.
Cultuur.
Feminism
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Myths of the Modern
  • 1. Modernity and Feminism
  • 2. On Nostalgia : The Prehistoric Woman
  • 3. Imagined Pleasures : The Erotics and Aesthetics of Consumption
  • 4. Masking Masculinity : The Feminization of Writing
  • 5. Love, God, and the Orient : Reading the Popular Sublime
  • 6. Visions of the New : Feminist Discourses of Evolution and Revolution
  • 7. The Art of Perversion : Female Sadists and Male Cyborgs
  • Afterword: Rewriting the Modern.

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