ISBN:
9780415635189
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (193 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Library Editions: Feminist Theory
Series Statement:
Routledge Library Editions: Feminist Theory Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Nostalgia and Sexual Difference (RLE Feminist Theory) : The Resistance to Contemporary Feminism
DDC:
305.4201
Keywords:
American fiction ; 20th century ; History and criticism
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American fiction ; Male authors ; History and criticism
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Feminism and literature ; United States ; History ; 20th century
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Feminist fiction ; History and criticism
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Psychological fiction, American ; History and criticism
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Sex differences (Psychology) in literature
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Women and literature ; United States ; History ; 20th century
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Dissatisfaction with the present can cause people to gaze nostalgically back to an idealized past; that nostalgia pervades contemporary rhetoric. In lamenting the 'degeneracy' of present-day America, social and literary critics as well as contemporary novelists often choose as their scapegoat the women's movement and its increasing influence. Doane and Hodges show us how these social observers seek to 'reinstate' America and American values in ways that, overtly or covertly, do battle with the feminist movement for control of rhetoric, the power of language
Description / Table of Contents:
NOSTALGIA AND SEXUAL DIFFERENCE The Resistance to Contemporary Feminism; Copyright; Nostalgia And Sexual Difference The Resistance to Contemporary Feminism; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. Monstrous Amazons; Chapter 2. Feminism and the Decline of America; Chapter 3. Women and the Word According to Garp; Chapter 4. The Anxiety of Feminist Influence; Chapter 5. Feminist Scholarship as Shadow Work; Chapter 6. Family Feud; Postscript; Notes; References; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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