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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793107903321

Autore

Reisman Mara E.

Titolo

Fay Weldon, feminism, and British culture : challenging cultural and literary conventions / / Mara E. Reisman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

1-4985-8127-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 pages)

Disciplina

809.93352042

Soggetti

Women in literature

England Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Credits -- Introduction -- 1 Feminism, Women's Fiction, and The Fat Woman's Joke -- 2 Articulating the Concerns of Women's Liberation -- 3 Complicating a Feminist Reading of Fay Weldon's Fiction -- 4 Fay Weldon as a Social Critic -- 5 Fay Weldon's Public Persona -- 6 Art, Economics, and the Politics of Purity -- 7 Challenging Narrative Truth -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a critical analysis of British author Fay Weldon's major novels from 1967 to the present and addresses how Weldon's fiction engages with controversial moral and social issues. It provides an in-depth examination of the relationship between Weldon's fiction and contemporary feminist, cultural, and literary movements in Britain.