Deferrals of Domain: Contemporary Women Novelists and the State - Rilegato

Brownley, Martine Watson

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ISBN 10: 0333929772 ISBN 13: 9780333929773

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2000

Riassunto

Contemporary female novelists tend to portray the relationship between women and the state as profoundly negative, in contrast to various constructions in contemporary feminist theory. This study analyzes novels by Margaret Atwood, Paule Marshall, Nadine Gordimer, and Margaret Drabble to explore the significance of this disparity. The book uses literary analysis to highlight elements of state power that many feminist theorists occlude, ranging from women's still minimal access to state politics to the terrifying violence exercised by modern states. At the same time, however, feminist theory clarifies major elements in many contemporary women's lives about which the novels are ambivalent or misleading, such as romantic love and the role of sexuality in state politics.

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L'autore

MARTINE WATSON BROWNLEY is Goodrich C. White Professor of English at Emory University.

Contenuti

Preface
Hobbes's Fish
Introduction: Women and Fictions of the State
Three Political Narratives
Fantasies of Power: Margaret Atwood's Bodily Harm
The Romance of Politics: Paule Marshall's Daughters
Political and Sexual Liberations: Nadine Gordimer's A Sport of Nature
Mothers and Capitalists in International Politics: Margaret Drabble's The Gates of Ivory
Works Cited

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• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0333929772
• ISBN 13: 9780333929773
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 304