The Flesh Made Word: Female Figures and Women's BodiesExamining the works of such Victorian writers as the Brontes, Dickens, Eliot, and Hardy, this study discusses codes and taboos about the female body and explores how female sexuality was represented in Victorian literary and non-literary genres, such as painting, etiquette books and pornography. |
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The flesh made word: female figures and women's bodies
Felhasználói ismertető - Not Available - Book VerdictMichie argues that the body of the fictional Victorian heroine is the "locus of representation and textuality'' for feminist readers. She examines these fictional bodies in relation to food, hunger ... Teljes értékelés elolvasása
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| Cím | The Flesh Made Word: Female Figures and Women's Bodies |
| Szerző | Helena Michie |
| Kiadás | újranyomás |
| Kiadó | Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1990 |
| ISBN | 0195362993, 9780195362992 |
| Terjedelem | 179 oldal |
| Idézet exportálása | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |