The fragmented female body and identity : the postmodern, feminist, and multiethnic writings of Toni Morrison, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Phyllis Alesia Perry, Gayl Jones, Emma Pérez, Paula Gunn Allen, and Kathy Acker /

The fragmented female body and identity : the postmodern, feminist, and multiethnic writings of Toni Morrison, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Phyllis Alesia Perry, Gayl Jones, Emma Pérez, Paula Gunn Allen, and Kathy Acker /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: June, Pamela B.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Peter Lang, [2010]
Series:Modern American literature (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 56.
Subjects:
American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
American fiction > Minority authors > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Women in literature.
Feminism in literature.
Female friendship in literature.
Ethnicity in literature.
Self in literature.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : multiethnic fragmentation and women's community
  • The fragmented body and maternal healing : the examples of Toni Morrison's Beloved and Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's Dictée
  • Reliving African matrilineage : re-membering the past in Phyllis Alesia Perry's Stigmata and Gayl Jones's Corregidora
  • Childhood scars and women's love in Emma Pérez's Gulf dreams and Paula Gunn Allen's The woman who owned the shadows
  • The case of the missing women : chaos and the absence of women's bonds in Kathy Acker's works
  • Conclusion : resistance and feminist healing.