Gender in American literature and culture / edited by Jean M. Lutes, Jennifer Travis.
"Gender in American Literature and Culture introduces readers to key developments in gender studies and American literary criticism. It offers nuanced readings of literary conventions and genres from early American writings to the present and moves beyond inflexible categories of masculinity and fem...
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Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2021.
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Series: | Cambridge themes in American literature and culture.
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Physical Description: | xiv, 375 pages ; 24 cm. |
Format: | Book |
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"Gender in American Literature and Culture introduces readers to key developments in gender studies and American literary criticism. It offers nuanced readings of literary conventions and genres from early American writings to the present and moves beyond inflexible categories of masculinity and femininity that have reinforced misleading assumptions about public and private spaces, domesticity, individualism, and community. The book also demonstrates how rigid inscriptions of gender have perpetuated a legacy of violence and exclusion in the United States. Responding to a sense of 21st century cultural and political crisis, it illuminates the literary histories and cultural imaginaries that have set the stage for urgent contemporary debates"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Call Number: | PS169.G45 G46 2021 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-369) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781108477536 1108477534 |