Deferrals of Domain - Contemporary Women Novelists and the State (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2090)

Contemporary female novelists tend to portray the relationship between women and the state as profoundly negative, in contrast to various constructions in current feminist theory. Martine Watson Brownley 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 currently 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. Deferrals of Domain fills a double gap, both authorial and topical, in current critical treatments of women writers and will be of interest to both literary and women’s studies scholars.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2016
First published:	2000
Authors:	Nana
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages:	277
Edition:	1st ed. 2090
ISBN-13:	978-0-312-22811-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General
LSN:	0-312-22811-2
Barcode:	9780312228118

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