In many thriving areas of critical activity, critics have come to view with suspicion such notions as literary specificity or literary autonomy, and perhaps even literature. Critics in fields such as postcolonial studies, queer theory and feminist theory have re-examined--and attacked--the groundings of a traditional literary canon, and have raised questions about the basis and benefits of literary study. These intellectual shifts have taken place in a political and institutional context where those studying and teaching literature have repeatedly come under pressure to justify their...
In many thriving areas of critical activity, critics have come to view with suspicion such notions as literary specificity or literary autonomy, and p...
Queering the Second Wave' explores a series of unsung -- and sometimes counterintuitive -- resonances between second-wave feminism and queer theory in both Anglophone and Francophone contexts.
Queering the Second Wave' explores a series of unsung -- and sometimes counterintuitive -- resonances between second-wave feminism and queer theory in...
