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Despite the enduring popularity of contemporary women's writing, British women writers have received scant critical attention. They tend to be overshadowed by their American counterparts in the media and have come to be represented within the academy almost exclusively by Angela Carter and Jeanette Winterson. This collection celebrates the range and diversity of contemporary (post-1970) British women writers. It challenges misconceptions about the nature and scope of fiction by women writers working in Britain - commonly dismissed as parochial, insular, dreary and domestic - and seeks to expand conventional definitions of 'British' by exploring how issues of nationality intersect with gender, class, race and sexuality. Writers covered include Pat Barker, A.L. Kennedy, Maggie Gee, Rukhsana Ahmad, Joan Riley, Jennifer Johnston, Ellen Galford, Susan Hill, Fay Weldon, Emma Tennant, and Helen Fielding.

Sociology of literature --- English literature --- anno 1900-1999 --- Littérature anglaise --- Women authors --- History and criticism --- Femmes écrivains --- Histoire et critique --- Littérature anglaise --- Femmes écrivains --- Kennedy, A.L. --- Barker, Pat --- Great Britain --- Fielding, Helen --- Ahmad, Rukhsana --- Johnston, Jennifer --- Gee, Maggie --- Riley, Joan --- English literature - Women authors - History and criticism --- English literature - 20th century - History and criticism --- Race --- Literary genres --- Literature --- Nationalism --- Sexuality --- Writers --- Social class --- Book