03548nam 2200769Ia 450 991046519790332120200520144314.01-283-42595-597866134259590-520-95231-610.1525/9780520952317(CKB)2560000000079702(EBL)837110(OCoLC)772845803(SSID)ssj0000585422(PQKBManifestationID)11398057(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000585422(PQKBWorkID)10571651(PQKB)10985767(MiAaPQ)EBC837110(MdBmJHUP)muse31056(DE-B1597)519454(DE-B1597)9780520952317(PPN)192543288(Au-PeEL)EBL837110(CaPaEBR)ebr10525199(CaONFJC)MIL342595(EXLCZ)99256000000007970220110726d2012 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPolymorphous domesticities[electronic resource] pets, bodies, and desire in four modern writers /Juliana SchiesariBerkeley University of California Pressc20121 online resource (143 p.)Flashpoints ;10Description based upon print version of record.0-520-27084-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Re-Visions of Diana in Edith Wharton -- 2. Colette at Home -- 3. Romancing the Beast: J. R. Ackerley's Dog Days and the Meaning of Sex -- Notes -- BibliographyPolymorphous Domesticities maps out the play of gender, sexuality, and alternative forms of domesticity in the works of four modern European and American writers-Edith Wharton, Djuna Barnes, Colette, and J. R. Ackerley. What these four writers have in common is a defiance of patriarchal paradigms in their lives as well as in their works. Not only did they live outside the norms of the heterosexual family unit, they also pursued and wrote about alternative lifestyles that prominently involved animals. Through close readings from a feminist perspective, Juliana Schiesari reconfigures the ways in which interspecies relationships inflect domestic spheres, reading the "Other" through the lens of gender, home, and family. As she explores how domestic life is refigured by the presence of animals, Schiesari challenges anthropocentric frames of reference and brings the very definition of "human" into question.FlashPointsPets, bodies, and desire in four modern writersAnimals in literatureHuman-animal relationships in literaturePets in literatureSex (Psychology) in literatureSocial structure in literatureSocial values in literatureElectronic books.Animals in literature.Human-animal relationships in literature.Pets in literature.Sex (Psychology) in literature.Social structure in literature.Social values in literature.809/.93362Schiesari Juliana975590MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465197903321Polymorphous domesticities2460478UNINA