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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783623803321

Autore

Barnett Pamela E.

Titolo

Dangerous desire : literature of sexual freedom and sexual violence since the sixties / / by Pamela E. Barnett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

0-7531-5837-X

1-135-87795-5

1-135-87796-3

9786610168132

1-280-16813-7

0-203-31346-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Disciplina

810.9/3538/0945

Soggetti

American literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Sexual freedom in literature

American literature - African American authors - History and criticism

African Americans - Intellectual life - 20th century

African Americans in literature

Sex crimes in literature

Liberty in literature

Rape in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-177) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Desire and Domination; CHAPTER 2 James Dickey's Deliverance; CHAPTER 3 "The Recurring Dream"; CHAPTER 4 "The Anatomical Fiat"; CHAPTER 5 "Lesbians Are Not Women"; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is an important work that calls attention to how post-1960s literary representations of rape have shaped the ways in which both sexual and social freedoms are imagined in American literature and culture.