The fragmented female body and identity [electronic resource] : the postmodern, feminist, and multiethnic writings of Toni Morrison, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Phyllis Alesia Perry, Gayl Jones, Emma Pérez, Paula Gunn Allen, and Kathy Acker / Pamela B. June.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Modern American literature (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 56.Publication details: New York : Peter Lang, c2010.Description: 157 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813/.54093522 22
LOC classification:
  • PS374.W6 J86 2010eb
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Contents:
Introduction : multiethnic fragmentation and women's community -- The fragmented body and maternal healing : the examples of Toni Morrison's Beloved and Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's Dictée -- Reliving African matrilineage : re-membering the past in Phyllis Alesia Perry's Stigmata and Gayl Jones's Corregidora -- Childhood scars and women's love in Emma Pérez's Gulf dreams and Paula Gunn Allen's The woman who owned the shadows -- The case of the missing women : chaos and the absence of women's bonds in Kathy Acker's works -- Conclusion : resistance and feminist healing.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : multiethnic fragmentation and women's community -- The fragmented body and maternal healing : the examples of Toni Morrison's Beloved and Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's Dictée -- Reliving African matrilineage : re-membering the past in Phyllis Alesia Perry's Stigmata and Gayl Jones's Corregidora -- Childhood scars and women's love in Emma Pérez's Gulf dreams and Paula Gunn Allen's The woman who owned the shadows -- The case of the missing women : chaos and the absence of women's bonds in Kathy Acker's works -- Conclusion : resistance and feminist healing.

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