Polymorphous Domesticities : Pets, Bodies, and Desire in Four Modern Writers

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Polymorphous Domesticities maps out the play of gender, sexuality, and alternative forms of domesticity in the works of four modern European and American writers--Edith Wharton, Djuna Barnes, Colette, and J.R. Ackerley. What these four writers have in common is a defiance of patriarchal paradigms in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schiesari, Juliana
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wharton, Edith, > 1862-1937
Colette, > 1873-1954
Barnes, Djuna.
Ackerley, J. R. > (Joe Randolph), > 1896-1967
Ackerley, J. R. > (Joe Randolph), > 1896-1967 > Criticism and interpretation.
Colette, > 1873-1954 > Criticism and interpretation.
Barnes, Djuna > Criticism and interpretation.
Wharton, Edith, > 1862-1937 > Criticism and interpretation.
Social values in literature.
Social structure in literature.
Sex (Psychology) in literature.
Pets in literature.
Human-animal relationships in literature.
Animals in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Valeurs sociales dans la litterature.
Structure sociale dans la litterature.
Sexualite (Psychologie) dans la litterature.
Relations homme-animal dans la litterature.
Animaux familiers dans la litterature.
Animaux dans la litterature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Polymorphous Domesticities maps out the play of gender, sexuality, and alternative forms of domesticity in the works of four modern European and American writers--Edith Wharton, Djuna Barnes, Colette, and J.R. Ackerley. What these four writers have in common is a defiance of patriarchal paradigms in their lives as well as in their works. Not only did they live outside the norms of the heterosexual family unit, they also pursued and wrote about alternative lifestyles that prominently involved animals. Through close readings from a feminist perspective, Juliana Schiesari reconfigures the ways in.
Physical Description:1 online resource (144 pages).
ISBN:9780520952317

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