Through examination of the functions of language and cross-cultural readings of literature - from African queer reading to postcolonial Shakespeare - Rooney explores current ideas of performativity in literature and language, and negotiates a path between feminist theory's common pitfalls of essentialism and constructivism.
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Caroline Rooney is Senior Lecturer in the School of English and Director of the Centre for Colonial and Postcolonial Research at the University of Kent. She is the author of African Literature, Animism and Politics (Routledge, 2000) and, with Vera Dieterich, of Book Unbinding: The Ontological Stain (Artworlds Press, 2005).
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Zustand: New. Provides a way out of various deadlocks of feminist theory. This book explores ideas of performativity in literature and language, and negotiates a path between feminist theory's common pitfalls of essentialism and constructivism. It argues that by rethinking our understanding of gender, we can equip ourselves to resist racism and totalitarianism. Series: Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 521. . 2007. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Artikel-Nr. V9780415424189
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