At last - an intelligent and accessible introduction to the relationship between feminism and deconstruction. In this incisive and illuminating book, Diane Elam unravels: the contemporary relevance of feminism and deconstruction how we can still understand and talk about the materiality of women's bodies whether gender can be distinguished from sex the place of ethics and political action in the light of postmodernist theory. Clearly and brilliantly written, Feminism and Deconstruction is essential reading for anyone who needs a no-nonsense but stimulating guide through one of the mazes...
At last - an intelligent and accessible introduction to the relationship between feminism and deconstruction. In this incisive and illuminating book, ...
By exposing the theory of romance to the romance of theory, Diane Elam explores literature’s most uncertain, least easily definable and most tenacious genre, assessing its implications for both feminism and the understanding of history.
Arguing for a parallel between postmodernism’s divided relation to modernism and romance’s difficult stance towards realism, Romancing the Postmodern, first published in 1992, not only highlights how postmodernism questions our assumptions about historical time, it also reintroduces the figure of woman to the theory of both history and...
By exposing the theory of romance to the romance of theory, Diane Elam explores literature’s most uncertain, least easily definable and most tena...
