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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786595703321

Autore

Doane Janice L.

Titolo

Nostalgia and sexual difference : the resistance to contemporary feminism / / Janice Doane & Devon Hodges

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-20400-8

0-203-09394-1

1-283-86333-2

1-136-20401-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 169 pages)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Feminist theory ; ; v. 23

Disciplina

305.4201

813.5409352042

813/.54/09352042

Soggetti

Feminist theory

Feminism and literature - United States

Nostalgia in literature - United States

Sex differences (Psychology) in literature - United States

Men in literature

Misogyny in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1987 by Methuen.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

NOSTALGIA AND SEXUAL DIFFERENCE The Resistance to Contemporary Feminism; Copyright; Nostalgia And Sexual Difference The Resistance to Contemporary Feminism; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. Monstrous Amazons; Chapter 2. Feminism and the Decline of America; Chapter 3. Women and the Word According to Garp; Chapter 4. The Anxiety of Feminist Influence; Chapter 5. Feminist Scholarship as Shadow Work; Chapter 6. Family Feud; Postscript; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.