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In this challening book, Firdous Azim, provides a feminist critique of orthodox accounts of the `rise of the novel' and exposes the underlying orientalist assumptions of the early English novel. Whereas previous studies have emphasized the universality of the coherent and consistent subject which found expression in the novels of the eighteenth century, Azim demonstrtes how certain categories: women and people of colour, were silenced and excluded. The Colonial Rise of the Novel makes an important and provocative contribution to post-colonial and feminist criticism. It will be essenti
English fiction --- Feminism and literature --- Literature and society --- Women and literature --- Social problems in literature. --- Imperialism in literature. --- Colonies in literature. --- Sex role in literature. --- First person narrative. --- Narrative, First person --- Fiction --- Literature --- Narration (Rhetoric) --- Literature and sociology --- Society and literature --- Sociology and literature --- Sociolinguistics --- History and criticism --- Theory, etc. --- History. --- Technique --- Social aspects --- Women authors --- Brontë, Charlotte, --- Brontë, Charlotte --- Bolangte, Xialuodi, --- Bronte, Karlotta, --- Bronte, Sharlotta, --- Brontëová, Charlotte, --- Bŭrontʻe, Syarŭllotʻŭ, --- Douro, --- Pirāṇṭē, Cārlaṭṭi, --- Po-lang-tʻe, Hsia-lo-ti, --- Pŭrontʻe, Syarŭllotʻŭ, --- Tree, --- Бронте, Ш., --- Бронте, Шарлотта, --- Bellová, C., --- Bell, Currer, --- Wellesley, Charles Albert Florian, --- Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, --- Political and social views. --- Colonies in literature --- First person narrative --- Imperialism in literature --- Political fiction, English --- Sex role in literature --- Social problems in literature --- 82-31 --- 82-31 Roman --- Roman --- English literature --- History and criticism&delete& --- Theory, etc --- History --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Colonisation. Decolonisation --- Thematology --- Sociology of literature --- Brontë, Charlotte --- History and criticism. --- Literature and feminism --- Littérature anglaise --- Histoire et critique --- Bronte, Charlotte, --- Littérature anglaise
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In Unveiling Desire, Devaleena Das and Colette Morrow show that the duality of the fallen/saved woman is as prevalent in Eastern culture as it is in the West, specifically in literature and films. Using examples from the Middle to Far East, including Iran, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand, Japan, and China, this anthology challenges the fascination with Eastern women as passive, abject, or sexually exotic, but also resists the temptation to then focus on the veil, geisha, sati, or Muslim women's oppression without exploring Eastern women's sexuality beyond these contexts. The chapters cover instead mind/body sexual politics, patriarchal cultural constructs, the anatomy of sex and power in relation to myth and culture, denigration of female anatomy, and gender performativity. From Persepolis to Bollywood, and from fairy tales to crime fiction, the contributors to Unveiling Desire show how the struggle for women's liberation is truly global.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern. --- LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General. --- PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies. --- Symbolism --- Femmes fatale --- Women --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Females --- Human beings --- Femininity --- Representation, Symbolic --- Symbolic representation --- Mythology --- Emblems --- Signs and symbols --- Sexual behavior --- Eastern. --- damsel in distress. --- damsel. --- female. --- feminism. --- feminist. --- gender. --- helpless. --- patriarchy. --- social construct.
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