
Deferrals of Domain
Contemporary Women Novelists and the State
Martine Watson Brownley(Author)
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 14. September 2000
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-0-333-92977-3 (ISBN)
Description
Contemporary female novelists tend to portray the relationship between women and the state as profoundly negative, in contrast to various constructions in contemporary feminist theory. This study analyzes novels by Margaret Atwood, Paule Marshall, Nadine Gordimer, and Margaret Drabble to explore the significance of this disparity. The book uses literary analysis to highlight elements of state power that many feminist theorists occlude, ranging from women's still minimal access to state politics to the terrifying violence exercised by modern states. At the same time, however, feminist theory clarifies major elements in many contemporary women's lives about which the novels are ambivalent or misleading, such as romantic love and the role of sexuality in state politics.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
501 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-92977-3 (9780333929773)
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Person
MARTINE WATSON BROWNLEY is Goodrich C. White Professor of English at Emory University.
Content
Preface Hobbes's Fish Introduction: Women and Fictions of the State Three Political Narratives Fantasies of Power: Margaret Atwood's Bodily Harm The Romance of Politics: Paule Marshall's Daughters Political and Sexual Liberations: Nadine Gordimer's A Sport of Nature Mothers and Capitalists in International Politics: Margaret Drabble's The Gates of Ivory Works Cited