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The Feminization of Famine - Expressions of the Inexpressible? (Hardcover)
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The Feminization of Famine - Expressions of the Inexpressible? (Hardcover)
Series: Literary criticism
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Contemporary media depictions of famine disaster display a striking
prevalence female images. The Feminization of Famine is a unique
study of the tradition of female representations in famine
literature, from nineteenth-century accounts of the Irish famine to
the present day. It examines the many novels and short stories
written about the Irish famine over the last 150 years, from the
novels of William Carleton, Anthony Trollope and Maria Edgeworth
through to the writings of Liam O'Flaherty and John Banville. These
literary works are read in the context of a rich variety of other
sources, including contemporary eyewitness accounts of the 'Great
Irish Famine', women's memoirs and journalistic writings, and
famine historiography.The recurring motifs used to depict famine
are highlighted - the prevalence of images of mother and child, the
scrutiny of women's starved bodies, efforts to express the
'inexpressible'. The author investigates the effect of famine
representations and their crucial role in shaping viewers' and
readers' interpretations of the famine.The Feminization of Famine
provides a significant critique of how famine has been represented
and suggests important parallels with the current presentation of
emergency and disaster.
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