Representing Repulsion; The Aesthetics of Disgust in Contemporary Women's Writing in French and German

Katie Jones

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Contemporary Women's Writing | nr. 2
• Disgust is a strong, immediate visceral reaction. While it may feel like a purely instinctive response, the cultural meanings ascribed to particular o... Lees meer

Experiment and Experience

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Contemporary Women's Writing | nr. 1
• Experiment and Experience is a collection of critical essays on twenty-first-century women-authored literature in France. In particular, the volume fo... Lees meer

Mothers Voicing Mothering?

Pauline Eaton

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Contemporary Women's Writing | nr. 10
• Mothers and mothering are significant features of contemporary women's writing in France, but in Marie NDiaye's writing, mothers often appear inadequa... Lees meer

Feminism, Writing and the Media in Spain

Mazal Oaknín

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Contemporary Women's Writing | nr. 8
• Focusing on authors Ana María Matute, Rosa Montero, and Lucía Etxebarria, this book examines how women writers are marketed in Spain and, in particula... Lees meer

Voicing Voluntary Childlessness

Natalie Edwards

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Contemporary Women's Writing | nr. 3
• This book looks at first-person accounts of voluntary childlessness by women writing in French. It brings together authors who stake out a new terrain... Lees meer

Women Writing War

Caroline E Kelley

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Contemporary Women's Writing | nr. 9
• Women Writing War focuses on the life-writing of the moudjahidate , the women veterans of the Algerian war of independence (1954-1962). The author off... Lees meer

Frank French Feminisms

Polly Galis

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Contemporary Women's Writing | nr. 12
• This prize-winning book is the first comparative study of Francophone authors Annie Ernaux, Nancy Huston and Nelly Arcan, exploring their representati... Lees meer

Reimagining the Family

Robert Payne

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Contemporary Women's Writing | nr. 11
• Reimagining the Family is the first book-length study of representations of lesbian mothering in French literature. Focusing on female-authored texts ... Lees meer

Strange Adventures; Women's Individuation in the Works of Pierrette Fleutiaux

Elizabeth Sercombe

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Contemporary Women's Writing | nr. 4
• Strange Adventures examines portrayals of womanhood in the works of prize-winning French author Pierrette Fleutiaux. Fleutiaux's refreshing pictures o... Lees meer

Writing for Freedom

Alberica Bazzoni

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Contemporary Women's Writing | nr. 7
• Sicilian writer Goliarda Sapienza (1924-1996) is increasingly regarded as a central figure in modern Italian literature, especially with the internati... Lees meer

Starvation, Food Obsession and Identity

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Contemporary Women's Writing | nr. 6
• Anorexia, bulimia and binge eating are the topics explored by contemporary writers in this volume on French, German and Italian women's writing. Eatin... Lees meer

Nina Bouraoui, Autofiction and the Search for Selfhood

Rosie MacLachlan

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Contemporary Women's Writing | nr. 5
• Author of numerous books since 1991 and winner of the 2005 Prix Renaudot, Nina Bouraoui persistently explores the question of self-expression in her w... Lees meer