| Sexualizing Power in Naturalism: Theodore Dreiser and Frederick Philip Grove Contributor(s): Gammel, Irene (Author) |
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ISBN: 1895176395 ISBN-13: 9781895176391 Publisher: University of Calgary Press OUR PRICE: $27.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1994 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Canadian |
| Dewey: 813.520 |
| LCCN: 95171967 |
| Lexile Measure: 1600 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.2" W x 8.8" (0.90 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sexualizing Power In Naturalism, sheds light on the function of female sexuality in a predominantly male genre: naturalist fiction. Gammel reveals that naturalism is frequently implicated in the very power structures it critiques. Reading European and North American naturalism through the lens of feminist and Foucaultian theories of power, Gammel argues that twentieth-century naturalism increasingly deconstructs itself in its depiction of sexuality, inevitably exposing the genre's internal ideological contradictions. The book makes a special contribution to Canadian studies. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gammel, Irene: - Irene Gammel is Assistant Professor in the English Department at the University of Prince Edward Island. She has published on women's issues in early twentieth-century literature. |