Portrait of the Mother-Artist Class and Creativity in Contemporary American Fiction |
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| Author:
| Gerber, Nancy |
| Foreword by:
| O'Reilly, Andrea |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7391-0544-3 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2003 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $94.95 |
Book Description:
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Nancy Gerber revitalizes feminist theories of motherhood and creativity. She shows that the mother who is an artist in contemporary fiction is a working class character: one who develops an 'aesthetic of the ordinary,' fashions political critique out of domestic metaphor, and sustains a rich interior life despite material poverty.
Nancy Gerber revitalizes feminist theories of motherhood and creativity. She shows that the mother who is an artist in contemporary fiction is a working class character: one who develops an 'aesthetic of the ordinary,' fashions political critique out of domestic metaphor, and sustains a rich interior life despite material poverty.