Feminist Fabulation Space/Postmodern Fiction |
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| Author:
| Barr, Marleen S. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-58729-011-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1992 |
| Publisher: | University of Iowa Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $31.95 |
Book Description:
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The surprising and controversial thesis of Feminist Fabulation is 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 of Feminist Fabulation is 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.