02050nam 2200433 450 991080869190332120230126220236.01-4985-8127-7(CKB)4100000006998106(MiAaPQ)EBC5570871(Au-PeEL)EBL5570871(OCoLC)1053988643(EXLCZ)99410000000699810620220527d2018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFay Weldon, feminism, and British culture challenging cultural and literary conventions /Mara E. ReismanLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,[2018]©20181 online resource (209 pages)1-4985-8126-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Women in literatureEnglandSocial life and customsWomen in literature.809.93352042Reisman Mara E.1718977MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808691903321Fay Weldon, feminism, and British culture4116381UNINA