The Female Face of Shame
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| Title: | The Female Face of Shame |
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| Description: | The female body, with its history as an object of social control, expectation, and manipulation, is central to understanding the gendered construction of shame. Through the study of 20th-century literary texts, The Female Face of Shame explores the nexus of femininity, female sexuality, the female body, and shame. It demonstrates how shame structures relationships and shapes women's identities. Examining works by women authors from around the world, these essays provide an interdisciplinary and transnational perspective on the representations, theories, and powerful articulations of women's shame. |
| Authors: | Erica L. Johnson, Patricia Moran |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Women in literature, Shame in literature, Human body in literature |
| Categories: | LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | The female body, with its history as an object of social control, expectation, and manipulation, is central to understanding the gendered construction of shame. Through the study of 20th-century literary texts, The Female Face of Shame explores the nexus of femininity, female sexuality, the female body, and shame. It demonstrates how shame structures relationships and shapes women's identities. Examining works by women authors from around the world, these essays provide an interdisciplinary and transnational perspective on the representations, theories, and powerful articulations of women's shame. |
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| ISBN: | 9780253008633 9780253008558 9780253008732 |
