Polymorphous Domesticities : Pets, Bodies, and Desire in Four Modern Writers.

Polymorphous Domesticities maps out the play of gender, sexuality, and alternative forms of domesticity in the works of four modern European and American writers--Edith Wharton, Djuna Barnes, Colette, and J.R. Ackerley. What these four writers have in common is a defiance of patriarchal paradigms in...

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Main Author:	Schiesari, Juliana
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.
Series:	FlashPoints Ser.
Subjects:	Wharton, Edith, > 1862-1937 > Criticism and interpretation. Barnes, Djuna > Criticism and interpretation. Colette, > 1873-1954 > Criticism and interpretation. Ackerley, J. R. > (Joe Randolph), > 1896-1967 > Criticism and interpretation. Animals in literature. Pets in literature. Human-animal relationships in literature. Sex (Psychology) in literature. Social structure in literature. Social values in literature. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Summary:	Polymorphous Domesticities maps out the play of gender, sexuality, and alternative forms of domesticity in the works of four modern European and American writers--Edith Wharton, Djuna Barnes, Colette, and J.R. Ackerley. What these four writers have in common is a defiance of patriarchal paradigms in their lives as well as in their works. Not only did they live outside the norms of the heterosexual family unit, they also pursued and wrote about alternative lifestyles that prominently involved animals. Through close readings from a feminist perspective, Juliana Schiesari reconfigures the ways in.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (144 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780520952317 0520952316 0520270843 9780520270848