Feminist Fabulation Space/Postmodern Fiction |
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Author:
| Barr, Marleen S. |
ISBN: | 978-0-87745-377-2 |
Publication Date: | Nov 1992 |
Publisher: | University of Iowa Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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The surprising and controversial thesis ofFeminist Fabulationis unflinching: the postmodern canon has systematically excluded a wide range of important women's writing by dismissing it as genre fiction. Marleen Barr issues an urgent call for a corrective, for the recognition of a new meta- or supergenre of contemporary writing--feminist fabulation--which includes both acclaimed mainstream works and works which today's critics consistently ignore.
The surprising and controversial thesis ofFeminist Fabulationis unflinching: the postmodern canon has systematically excluded a wide range of important women's writing by dismissing it as genre fiction. Marleen Barr issues an urgent call for a corrective, for the recognition of a new meta- or supergenre of contemporary writing--feminist fabulation--which includes both acclaimed mainstream works and works which today's critics consistently ignore.