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Modernism, sex, and gender/ Celia Marshik and Allison Pease.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: New modernisms seriesPublication details: London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018.Description: ix, 194 p., 22 cm. PBISBN:
  • 9781350020443
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 809.9112 MAR
Contents:
List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Feminine Difference Chapter 2: Sexualities Chapter 3: Masculinities Chapter 4: Sex, Politics, and Law Coda Critical Bibliography: Readings on Modernism, Sex, and Gender Works Cited Index
Summary: Modernism, Sex, and Gender is an up-to-date and in-depth review of how theories of gender and sexuality have shaped the way modernism has been read and interpreted from its inception to the present day. The volume explores four key aspects of modernist literature and criticism that have contributed to the new modernist studies: women's contributions to modernism; masculinities; sexuality; and the intersection of gender and sexuality with politics and law. Including brief case studies of such writers as May Sinclair and Radclyffe Hall, this book is a valuable guide for those looking to understand the history of critical thought on gender and sexuality in modernist studies today.
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List of Figures
Acknowledgements

Introduction
Chapter 1: Feminine Difference
Chapter 2: Sexualities
Chapter 3: Masculinities
Chapter 4: Sex, Politics, and Law
Coda

Critical Bibliography: Readings on Modernism, Sex, and Gender
Works Cited
Index

Modernism, Sex, and Gender is an up-to-date and in-depth review of how theories of gender and sexuality have shaped the way modernism has been read and interpreted from its inception to the present day. The volume explores four key aspects of modernist literature and criticism that have contributed to the new modernist studies: women's contributions to modernism; masculinities; sexuality; and the intersection of gender and sexuality with politics and law. Including brief case studies of such writers as May Sinclair and Radclyffe Hall, this book is a valuable guide for those looking to understand the history of critical thought on gender and sexuality in modernist studies today.

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