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Record Nr.

UNINA9911035055503321

Autore

Guttzeit Gero

Titolo

In/Visible Subjects : Literary Character and Narratives of Invisibility Since the Eighteenth Century / / by Gero Guttzeit

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2025

ISBN

9783032026392

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (0 pages)

Collana

Literature, Cultural and Media Studies

Disciplina

809.03

Soggetti

Fiction

Literature, Modern - 18th century

Literature, Modern - 19th century

Literature, Modern - 20th century

Literature, Modern - 21st century

Prose literature

Fiction Literature

Eighteenth-Century Literature

Nineteenth-Century Literature

Twentieth-Century Literature

Contemporary Literature

Narrative Text and Prose

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1 Introduc+on: Projec+ng Literary Invisibility Studies -- Chapter 2 “Compound Invisible Objects”: The Inscrutability of Character and Rhetorical Ethos in Eighteenth-Century Novelis+c Narra+ves -- Chapter 3 Invisible Lovers: Triadic Character Constella+ons and Perspec+ves of Social Recogni+on in Roman+c Poetry and Prose -- Chapter 4 Invisible Monsters: Uncanny Whiteness and Inhuman -- Characters in Nineteenth-Century Transatlan+c Gothic -- 5 Invisible Author: Weak Character, Un-Visible People, and the Modernist Text -- 6 The In/Visible You: Unseeing Characters, Images of the Self, and Contemporary Surveillance Narra+ves -- 7 Conclusion: The Third



Sphere of Invisibility.

Sommario/riassunto

In/Visible Subjects explores the cultural fascination with invisible characters in literature. While the concept of social invisibility is common in contemporary political discourse, there exists no comprehensive analysis of the history of the cultural metaphor of invisibility. This book addresses this gap by tracing the literary evolution of invisibility in narratives from the eighteenth century to the present. The monograph examines literal and metaphorical invisibility in terms of both content and form, offering exemplary readings of literary texts by: eighteenth-century women novelists Eliza Haywood and Susanna Rowson; Romantic poets Anna Letitia Barbauld and John Keats; nineteenth-century writers of fantasy and science fiction, including James Forbes Dalton, Fitz-James O’Brien, and H.G. Wells; early and mid-twentieth-century authors such as G.K. Chesterton, Virginia Woolf, and Ralph Ellison; and contemporary writers China Miéville and Jennifer Egan. In/Visible Subjects aims to establish a new foundation in literary studies for the emerging field of invisibility studies. It is of interest to students and scholars in literary and cultural studies working on narrative, literary character, subjectivity, and identity. Gero Guttzeit teaches English Literature at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Munich, Germany. He has held visiting professorships at Milwaukee, Freiburg, and Tübingen. His work is guided by theoretical interests in authorship, character, and rhetoric. He has published widely on nineteenth-century and contemporary literature and is the author of The Figures of Edgar Allan Poe: Authorship, Antebellum Literature, and Transatlantic Rhetoric (2017).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910955171503321

Titolo

Contemporary perspectives on legal regulation of sexual behavior : psycholegal research and analysis / / Monica K. Miller, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science, c2009

ISBN

1-60876-779-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 p.)

Collana

Laws and legislation series

Altri autori (Persone)

MillerMonica K

Disciplina

345.73/0253

Soggetti

Sex and law - United States

Sex customs - United States

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contemporary Perspectives on Legal Regulation of Sexual Behavior: Psycho-legal Research and Analysis""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Part I: Original Research Articles""; ""A Study of Predictors of Legislative Support of the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act""; ""Abstract""; ""A Brief History of Abortion Laws""; ""History of the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act""; ""Minor Abortion Regulations""; ""Factors that Influence Legislators' Votes""; ""Tests of Hypotheses""; ""Discussion""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""

""Obscenity is a Four Letter World. Or is it? An Exploratory Investigation into Community Standards of Obscenity""""Abstract""; ""Legal Debate Regarding Community Standards of Obscenity""; ""Research Regarding Community Standards of Obscenity""; ""Pluralistic Ignorance""; ""Study Overview""; ""Hypotheses""; ""Method""; ""Results""; ""Discussion""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""A Content Analysis of Media Portrayals of Rape: Rape Myth Acceptance, Just World Beliefs, and Victim Blame""; ""Abstract""; ""Media Effects on the Public and Jurors""; ""Overview of Study""

""Conclusion and Recommendations""""References""; ""Recent judicial rulings in voluntary underage sex cases: Analysis of legal case studies and policy implications""; ""Abstract""; ""Method""; ""Summary of Legal Case Studies Involving High Profile Underage Sex Prosecutions""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Part II: Psycho-Legal Analyses""; ""Using Therapeutic Jurisprudence to Design a Special Treatment Court to



Address Illegal Prostitution""; ""Abstract""; ""History of Therapeutic Jurisprudence""; ""Applications of Therapeutic Jurisprudence""; ""Defining the Prostitution Problem""

""Conclusion""""References""; ""Legal Restrictions on Procreation: Therapeutic Jurisprudence Suggests Alternatives that Avoid Unintended Legal, Health, and Gender-Based Consequences""; ""Abstract""; ""Notable Examples of Procreation Restrictions""; ""Health Related Consequences""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""The Law and the Psychology of Parental Notification: Implications for Policy and Future Research""; ""Abstract""; ""The Legal Issues""; ""State Cases in Which an Abortion Law is Being Challenged""; ""Juvenile Challenges to Law""

""School Districts Challenging Parental Notification Laws""""The Psychology of Parental Notification""; ""Policy Recommendations""; ""Training Judges""; ""Modification of Current Laws""; ""Alternatives to the Law""; ""Conclusions and Directions for Future Research""; ""References""; ""Law, Sex, and the Cultural Reproduction of Masculinism: A Historical-Social Constructionist Account of the Legal Regulation of Sexual Behavior in America""; ""Abstract""; ""The Politics of Definition and Moral Entrepreneurship: A Historical-Social Constructionist Perspective""

""Marriage Restriction Laws and their Connection to Heterosexism""

Sommario/riassunto

Throughout history, the law has regulated sexual behaviours. Some regulations eventually become outdated and are no longer enforced. For instance, many states have adultery laws that are rarely or never enforced. Other regulations have been adopted more recently, as culture and technology have advanced. For example, laws regulating internet pornography are relatively recent. Often, these regulations are controversial and prompt analysis and research. It is the purpose of this book to present a variety of original research and legal analyses concerning such regulations. Research in psychology and social justice is particularly applicable to the study of legal regulations of sexual behaviour. As such, this edited volume will take a 'psycho-legal' approach by addressing such issues using both psychological and legal principles. This book will contain original research articles, psycho-legal analyses, and psycho-legal briefs. All will involve current issues relating to the legal regulation of sexual behaviour and its outcomes. Some themes include access to sex (e.g., prostitution) or sexual materials (e.g., obscenity), teen sexual behaviour, the legal implications of the media's portrayal of sexual behaviour, the outcomes of sexual behaviour (eg: abortion), psychological factors that predict support for laws that regulate sexual behaviour and outcomes, and ways in which the legal system can improve the lives of those it serves. It is the goal of this book to present original perspectives and prompt discussion within legal and social science communities.