Subjects:  1. 18th Century English Literature    2. Antislavery movements    3. Colonies    4. English literature    5. Feminism and literature    6. Great Britain    7. History    8. History and criticism    9. Literary Criticism    10. Women As Authors (English Literature)    11. Women authors    12. British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700    13. British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900    14. English    15. Literary studies: general    16. Slavery & emancipation    17. United Kingdom, Great Britain    18. Women's studies    19. c 1600 to c 1700    20. c 1700 to c 1800    21. c 1800 to c 1900   

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Breaking the Bounds
The first book on contemporary British feminist drama to marry cultural theory to dramatic text whilst simultaneously exploring the aspect of performativity. Foucault and Deleuze's theories are used to foreground aspects of contemporary British culture. Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. American    3. Drama    4. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    5. Feminism and literature    6. Feminist drama, English    7. General    8. Great Britain    9. History    10. History and criticism    11. Philosophy    12. Plays    13. Women and literature   

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Incisive and novel critique - absolutely recommended
Colonial Fantasies is a powerfully argued and engaging dissection of colonial psychology, critiques of Orientalism that isolate gender and culture, and the Western feminist adoption of the rescue paradigm.One of Yegenoglu's incisive arguments is that desire is the nexus in the process of colonial discourse that constitutes the Western subject as well as the possible resistance or interruption of this process.As desire frames the relation between the subject and its other, Yegenoglu argues that the veil interrupts the relation.As a barrier from which the other can see but avoid being seen, the veil is the site at which the colonialist desire is made manifest, but simultaneously displaced (62).Her argumentation is lucid and compelling: for the colonial gaze, the veil is both the tantalizing object of desire (in the fantasy of unveiling) as well as the b�te-noire, because it precludes the climax of the voyeuristic project.The veil therefore frustrates the identity-forming process of the subject-object positioning in colonialist discourse; the subject cannot quite see the object, and its subjectivity thus remains in question.Interestingly, this overtly phallocentric logic of identity forming through scopic penetration has been inherited by Western feminism.As the veil has come to signify the backwardness of Islam and its inherent oppression of women, the visibility of the veil itself comes to embody difference.In this dynamic, the identity of the liberated Western woman is constructed vis-�-vis the oppressed Muslim woman (102).Since the status of Western women is contingent on the continued representation of Muslim women as oppressed, Yegenoglu reveals that the Western feminist establishment has a vested interest in the exceedingly patriarchal ideology of colonialism.Yegenoglu then exposes the fallacy of assuming the unveiled woman to be normative; such universal constructions serve particular political ends in outmoded Enlightenment ideology.She argues that unveiling and veiling are both cultural practices particular to certain cultures and historical moments (115).This facilitates the deconstruction of the binary by unfixing the poles.In sum, Yegenoglu's critical analysis of the colonial fantasy has produced a thorough tome sure to provoke further discussion among post-colonial theorists.

Old arguments revisited
The books offers a conscise rendering of the role played by the figure of the female in the investigation of the relationship between the orient and occident. The argument itself is not new and does not escape the customary framework of the critique of orientlist discourse. It however, contextualises the issues at hand within the framework of bio-power and its rule in shaping the subjectivity of both coloniser and colonised. The title suggests that it is an attempt at offering a feminist reading of orientalism which I think has been achieved more than once by other post-colonial feminists. I gave it four stars for style and lucidity but not originality ... Read more

Subjects:  1. East and West in literature    2. Ethnic Studies - General    3. Exoticism in literature    4. Feminism & Feminist Theory    5. Feminist literary criticism    6. Gender Studies    7. Social Science    8. Sociology    9. Women Authors    10. ASIA    11. Cultural studies    12. Middle East    13. Social Science / Gender Studies    14. Women's studies   

Subjects:  1. Feminism    2. Feminism & Feminist Theory    3. Feminist theory    4. Great Britain    5. History    6. Psychoanalysis and feminism    7. Social Science    8. Sociology    9. FEMINISM AND LITERATURE    10. Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory    11. WOMEN_GREAT BRITAIN   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Asian - General    3. China    4. Chinese fiction    5. Feminism and literature    6. History    7. History and criticism    8. Literary Criticism    9. Literature - Classics / Criticism    10. Women's studies   

Subjects:  1. Feminism and literature    2. General    3. History and criticism    4. Literature    5. Reference    6. Sociology    7. Spirituality - Women's    8. Women Authors    9. Women and literature   

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Revising Enlightenment feminism
Bannet's book testifies to the new, revisionist wave in feminist criticism.In this trend, Christianity is less a whipping boy than itself an agent of feminist change, while once-polarized positions (conservative/liberal, feminist/misogynist, etc.) are treated with considerably more complexity.Here, what is at issue is not "Enlightenment feminism," singular, but "feminisms," plural.Bannet divides her feminisms into two camps: the Egalitarian camp, which argues that men and women are equal in all respects, and that hierarchical power relationships in both family and nation are the root of most social evils; and the Matriarchal camp, which argues that women are actually superior to men, and that a properly ordered family will lead to a properly ordered state.She then pursues these oppositions through readings of a number of mid-to-late eighteenth century novels by women, paying particular attention to the cultural effects of the Hardwicke Marriage Act (1753) and of the cult of Rousseau.(Bannet's analyses of the various permutations undergone by Rousseau's JULIEare among the best in the book.)Read more

Subjects:  1. 18th century    2. English fiction    3. English prose literature    4. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    5. Feminism and literature    6. Great Britain    7. History    8. History and criticism    9. Literary Criticism    10. Literature - Classics / Criticism    11. Women authors    12. England    13. English    14. Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries    15. Novels, other prose & writers: 16th to 18th centuries    16. Science / Biology    17. Women's studies    18. c 1700 to c 1800   

Subjects:  1. Fairy tales    2. Feminism and literature    3. Feminist    4. Feminist literary criticism    5. Folklore & Mythology    6. History and criticism    7. Social Science    8. Sociology    9. Feminism    10. Folklore   

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. Africa - East - Kenya    3. American literature    4. Contemporary Politics - Africa    5. Feminism and literature    6. General    7. History    8. History - General History    9. History and criticism    10. Politics/International Relations    11. Slavery in literature    12. United States    13. African history    14. Kenya    15. Political Science / General    16. Political parties   

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. English fiction    3. Feminism and literature    4. Great Britain    5. History    6. History and criticism    7. Literary Criticism    8. Women and literature    9. Gender studies    10. History: theory & methods    11. Literary studies: 19th century    12. Social history    13. United Kingdom, Great Britain   

Subjects:  1. American literature    2. English literature    3. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    4. English-speaking countries    5. Feminism and literature    6. General    7. History and criticism    8. Literary Criticism    9. Sociology    10. Theory, etc   

Subjects:  1. Constructivism (Philosophy)    2. Essence (Philosophy)    3. Essentialism (Philosophy)    4. Feminism & Feminist Theory    5. Feminist literary criticism    6. Gender Studies    7. General    8. Literary Collections    9. Literary Criticism    10. Literature: Classics    11. Philosophical anthropology    12. Sociology    13. Women's studies   

Subjects:  1. American - General    2. American literature    3. Feminism & Feminist Theory    4. Feminism and literature    5. History    6. History and criticism    7. Literary Criticism    8. Literature - Classics / Criticism    9. Sociology    10. United States    11. Women Authors    12. Women and literature   

Subjects:  1. 1941-    2. Feminism and literature    3. Feminist literary criticism    4. France    5. General    6. Kristeva, Julia,    7. Philosophy    8. Psychoanalysis and literature    9. Feminism    10. Literary theory    11. Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present   

Subjects:  1. Feminism and theater    2. Feminist literary criticism    3. Literature - Classics / Criticism    4. Performing Arts/Dance    5. Semiotics & Theory    6. Theater - General    7. Feminism    8. Theatre, drama   

Subjects:  1. American fiction    2. English fiction    3. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    4. English-speaking countries    5. Feminism and literature    6. History and criticism    7. Literary Criticism    8. Literature - Classics / Criticism    9. Women Authors    10. 20th century    11. English    12. Novels, other prose & writers: 19th century    13. Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -    14. Women's studies    15. c 1800 to c 1900   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Authors, American    3. Feminism & Feminist Theory    4. Feminism and literature    5. Interviews    6. Literary Criticism    7. Literature - Classics / Criticism    8. Paley, Grace    9. Paley, Grace - Prose & Criticism    10. Political    11. Semiotics & Theory    12. United States    13. Women Authors    14. Women and literature   

Subjects:  1. 1882-1941    2. Criticism and interpretation    3. Feminism and literature    4. History and criticism    5. Ireland    6. Joyce, James,    7. Literary Criticism    8. Psychoanalysis and literature    9. Psychological fiction, English    10. Novels, other prose & writers   

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Leigh Rules!
A brilliant, innovative treatment of the theory and practice of women's autobiography.A must read ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Autobiography    2. Feminism and literature    3. Feminist    4. Feminist literary criticism    5. Literary Criticism    6. Literature - Classics / Criticism    7. Women Authors    8. Women and literature    9. Feminism    10. Literary studies: general   

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Insightful Feminist Reading
*Hawthorne's Fuller Mystery* is an insightful feminist take on four works by Nathaniel Hawthorne: "Rappaccini's Daughter," *The Scarlet Letter, The Blithedale Romance,* and *The Marble Faun.* This is a book with (PhD?) thesis: behind Hawthorne's most affecting fiction after 1841 lies the author's unresolved conflict between the angelic, worshipping, emasculating Sophia Peabody, the author's wife whose role the author himself created, and the protean, independent, upsetting, liberating radical Margaret Fuller (1810-1850).Read more

Subjects:  1. 1804-1864    2. 19th century    3. American - General    4. Feminism and literature    5. Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850    6. Hawthorne, Nathaniel,    7. Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864    8. History    9. Literary Criticism    10. Literature - Classics / Criticism    11. Transcendentalism in literature    12. United States    13. Women Authors    14. Women and literature    15. American English    16. English    17. Friends and associates    18. Fuller, Margaret    19. Hawthorne, Nathaniel    20. Influence    21. Literary studies: 19th century    22. Novels, other prose & writers    23. USA    24. Views on feminism    25. Women's studies