Witnessing Sadism in Texts of the American South Women, Specularity, and the Poetics of Subjectivity |
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Author:
| Raymond, Claire |
ISBN: | 978-1-4094-5105-1 |
Publication Date: | May 2014 |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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Imprint: | Routledge |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $231.00 |
Book Description:
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Looking at works by Carrie Mae Weems, Toni Morrison, Emily Dickinson, Flannery O'Connor, Dorothy Allison, Carson McCullers and Zora Neale Hurston, Raymond uncovers a pattern of femininity constructed around representations of sadistic violence in American women's literature and photography. Raymond explores the idea that a femininity constructed by
Looking at works by Carrie Mae Weems, Toni Morrison, Emily Dickinson, Flannery O'Connor, Dorothy Allison, Carson McCullers and Zora Neale Hurston, Raymond uncovers a pattern of femininity constructed around representations of sadistic violence in American women's literature and photography. Raymond explores the idea that a femininity constructed by