Readers Guide to Contemporary Feminist Literary Criticism

Informationen zum Autor Maggie Humm is a Professor in the School of Arts and Digital Industries at the University of East London. Klappentext This introduction to feminist literary criticism in its international contexts discusses a broad range of complex critical writings and then identifies and explains the main developments and debates within each approach. Each chapter is accompanied by a guide to the primary texts and further reading. Zusammenfassung This introduction to feminist literary criticism in its international contexts discusses a broad range of complex critical writings and then identifies and explains the main developments and debates within each approach. Each chapter is accompanied by a guide to the primary texts and further reading. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: The 1960s to the 1990s 2. Second Wave: de Beauvoir, Millett, Friedan, Greer 3. Myth Criticism: Daly, Pratt, Walker 4. Marxist and Socialist Feminist Criticism: Birmingham Centre, Barrett, Kaplan, Robinson 5. French Feminist Criticism: Ecriture and Etudes Feminines, Kristeva, Cixous, Irigaray 6. Psychoanalytical Criticism: Mitchell, Jacobus, Gilbert and Gubar 7. Poststructuralism, deconstruction, postmodernism: Spillers, Spivak, Blau DuPlessis 8. Black Feminisms: The African Diaspora: Overview, Walker, Lorde, Smith, Christian, Ngcobo 9. Lesbian Feminism: Wittig, Zimmerman, Anzaldua, Sedgwick and Queer Theory, Rule, Stimpson, Daly 10. Third World Feminist Criticism: Third Wave and Fifth Gear: India, Latin America, Sandoval, Mohanty, Anzaldua, Chow, Castellenos 11. Feminist Futures

Product details

• Authors: Maggie Humm
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.01.2016
• EAN: 9781138173972
• ISBN: 978-1-138-17397-2
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist, Feminism & feminist theory, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Feminism and feminist theory, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literature: history and criticism