| Nostalgia and Sexual Difference: The Resistance to Contemporary Feminism Contributor(s): Doane, Janice (Editor), Hodges, Devon (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415754224 ISBN-13: 9780415754224 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Reference - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 813.540 |
| Series: Routledge Library Editions: Feminist Theory |
| Physical Information: 169 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Dissatisfaction with the present can cause people to gaze nostalgically back to an idealized past; that nostalgia pervades contemporary rhetoric. In lamenting the 'degeneracy' of present-day America, social and literary critics as well as contemporary novelists often choose as their scapegoat the women's movement and its increasing influence. Doane and Hodges show us how these social observers seek to 'reinstate' America and American values in ways that, overtly or covertly, do battle with the feminist movement for control of rhetoric, the power of language. |