Speaking of Gender - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415900263 ISBN 13: 9780415900263

Publisher: Routledge, 1989

Synopsis

This collection introduces readers to the new work in gender theory and literary criticism that has moved beyond simply studies of women and literature. This book should be of interest to students and teachers of feminist criticism, women's studies and comparative literature.

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From Library Journal

Feminist criticism began in the 1970s with the analysis of women's writing by women; in recent years, "gender studies" has come to constitute a field in which male and female critics consider the construction, meaning, and transformation of gender categories in works by authors representing both sexes and diverse sexualities. Taken together, this volume of (mostly) previously published essays introduces the reader to the various specialized critical agendas--Afro-American, New Historicist, deconstructive, reader-response--within which, under the alliance-politics rubric of "gender studies," sexist, racist, and homophobic ways of reading and thinking about literature are challenged. Showalter's introduction suggests useful critical contexts and historical pretexts for reading the essays.
- Mollie Brodsky, Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0415900263
• ISBN 13: 9780415900263
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 335