Fragmented Female Body and Identity : The Postmodern, Feminist, and Multiethnic Writings of Toni Morrison, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Phyllis Alesia Perry, Gayl Jones, Emma Pérez, Paula Gunn Allen, and Kathy Acker.
Title:
Fragmented Female Body and Identity : The Postmodern, Feminist, and Multiethnic Writings of Toni Morrison, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Phyllis Alesia Perry, Gayl Jones, Emma Pérez, Paula Gunn Allen, and Kathy Acker.
Author:
June, Pamela B.
ISBN:
9781453905043
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (169 pages)
Series:
Modern American Literature : New Approaches ; v.56
Modern American Literature : New Approaches
Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction: Multiethnic Fragmentation and Women's Community -- The Fragmented Body and Maternal Healing: The Examples of Toni Morrison's Beloved and Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's Dictee -- Reliving African Matrilineage: Re-Membering the Past in Phyllis Alesia Perry's Stigmata and Gayl Jones's Corregidora -- Childhood Scars and Women's Love In Emma Perez's Gulf Dreams and Paul Gunn Allen's The Woman Who Owned the Shadows -- The Case of the Missing Women: Chaos and the Absence of Female Bonds in Kathy Acker's Works -- Conclusion - Resistance and Feminist Healing.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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