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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816704103321

Titolo

Feminist criticism and social change : sex, class and race in literature and culture / / edited by Judith Newton and Deborah Rosenfelt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-20449-0

0-203-09406-9

1-283-86131-3

1-136-20450-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxix, 291 pages)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Feminist theory ; ; v. 10

Disciplina

305.4201

Soggetti

Feminist theory

Feminist literary criticism

Sex role in literature

Social classes in literature

Literature and society

Race in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First publishedin 1985 by Methuen.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Theory -- pt. 2. Applied criticism.

Sommario/riassunto

This lively and controversial collection of essays sets out to theorize and practice a 'materialist-feminist' criticism of literature and culture. Such a criticism is based on the view that the material conditions in which men and women live are central to an understanding of culture and society. It emphasises the relation of gender to other categories of analysis, such as class and race, and considers the connection between ideology and cultural practice, and the ways in which all relations of power change with changing social and economic conditions.By presenting a wide range of wo