Women writing violence
Subramanian, Shreerekha.
Women writing violence the novel and radical feminist imaginaries / [electronic resource] : Shreerekha Subramanian. - New Delhi ; London : SAGE, 2013. - 1 online resource (xxxix, 269 p.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Women Writing Violence' engages with select contemporary novels in which women characters resist violence and redefine notions of community by imagining bonds with the exiled and the disempowered. The author interweaves the literary landscapes of African-American writer Toni Morrison with the oeuvre of South Asian writers Mridula Garg, Tahmina Durrani, Amrita Pritam Bapsi Sidhwa and Mahasweta Devi. This results in the opening of a new gateway into the thinking about violence and survival through a feminist, transnational lens.
Specialized.
9788132114093 (ebook) : No price
Fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.
Violence in literature.
Women in literature.
Feminism and literature.
Fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Electronic books.
PN3401 / .S83 2013
809.30082
Women writing violence the novel and radical feminist imaginaries / [electronic resource] : Shreerekha Subramanian. - New Delhi ; London : SAGE, 2013. - 1 online resource (xxxix, 269 p.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Women Writing Violence' engages with select contemporary novels in which women characters resist violence and redefine notions of community by imagining bonds with the exiled and the disempowered. The author interweaves the literary landscapes of African-American writer Toni Morrison with the oeuvre of South Asian writers Mridula Garg, Tahmina Durrani, Amrita Pritam Bapsi Sidhwa and Mahasweta Devi. This results in the opening of a new gateway into the thinking about violence and survival through a feminist, transnational lens.
Specialized.
9788132114093 (ebook) : No price
Fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.
Violence in literature.
Women in literature.
Feminism and literature.
Fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Electronic books.
PN3401 / .S83 2013
809.30082