Discourses of Ageing in Fiction and Feminism
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-230-29856-9 (ISBN)
JEANNETTE KING is Emeritus Professor in English at the University of Aberdeen, UK. Having taught part-time for many years for the Open University while bringing up her children, she moved into Further Education before becoming a Lecturer in Women's Studies in the Department of English at Aberdee in 1995 where she taught until her retirement.
Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: BECOMING VISIBLE Crones, Viragoes or Wise Women? Discourses of Female Ageing 1850-1900 Spinsters, Widows and Mothers: Fictional Responses The Demented Other PART II: THE 1960s AND AFTER Second-wave Feminism: Sisterhood and 'My Generation' 'If the Old Could': Bridging the Generation Gap Autobiographical Fictions of Female Ageing PART III: The 1990s Discourses of Female Ageing at the Fin-de-siècle The Sexual Politics of Ageing Conclusion: Shaking A Leg At Age: Angela Carter, Wise Children Notes Bibliography Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 13.11.2012 |
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Zusatzinfo | XVII, 221 p. |
Verlagsort | Basingstoke |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-230-29856-7 / 0230298567 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-230-29856-9 / 9780230298569 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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