| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 325 pages) |
| Series |
Cross / cultures ; 160 |
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Cross/cultures ; 160
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Women are Not Maniacs by Nature -- 2 Fathers and Husbands; 3 Victims: The Other and the Self; 4 Suffering Souls and Distorted Bodies; 5 Unacceptable Behaviours and Their Cures; 6 Women Write About Women; 7 A Risky Business; 8 Writing; Conclusion; Works Cited; Index |
| Summary |
Chaos. Pain. Self-mutilation. Women starve themselves. They burn or slash their own flesh or their babies' throats, and slam their newborns against walls. Their bodies are the canvases on which the suffering of the soul carves itself with knife and razor. In Australian fiction written by women between 1984 and 1994, female characters inscribe their inner chaos on their bodies to exert whatever power they have over themselves. Their self-inflicted pain is both reaction and language, the bodily sign not only of their enfeeblement but also to a certain extent of their empowerment, of themselves a |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-308) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Australian fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism
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Anorexia nervosa in literature.
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Infanticide in literature.
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Self-mutilation -- In literature
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Women in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Anorexia nervosa in literature
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Australian fiction -- Women authors
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Infanticide in literature
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Women in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789401209281 |
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9401209286 |
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