Feminist fabulation space/postmodern fiction

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  • Author: Barr, Marleen S.
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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.

    Contents:
    • Acknowledgments; Preface: Having "Nunavit"; I. Reclaiming Canonical Space; 1. The Feminist Anglo-American Critical Empire Strikes Back; 2. Canonizing the Monstrous; II. Redefining Gendered Space; 3. "A Dream of Flying"; 4. Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing?; 5. All You Need Is Love?; III. Reconceiving Narrative Space; 6. Hesitation, Self-Experiment, Transformation-Women Mastering Female Narrative; 7. Gender and the Literature of Exhaustion; Afterword: Back to the Future; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
    Subject(s): History
    Original Publisher: Iowa City , University of Iowa Press
    Language(s): English

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Abstract

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.

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History
Publisher (Source)

Iowa City

University of Iowa Press

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ISBN

1587290111

9781587290114

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