Reading for the Body The Recalcitrant Materiality of Southern Fiction, 1893-1985 |
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| Author:
| Watson, Jay |
| Series title: | The New Southern Studies Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8203-4338-9 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2012 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $69.95 |
Book Description:
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Jay Watson argues that southern literary studies has been overidealized and dominated by intellectual history for too long. In Reading for the Body, he calls for the field to be rematerialized and grounded in an awareness of the human body as the site where ideas, including ideas about the U.S. South itself, ultimately happen.
Jay Watson argues that southern literary studies has been overidealized and dominated by intellectual history for too long. In Reading for the Body, he calls for the field to be rematerialized and grounded in an awareness of the human body as the site where ideas, including ideas about the U.S. South itself, ultimately happen.