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Postmodern concepts of the body in Jeanette Winterson's `Written on the Body'.
- Source :
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Feminist Review . Autumn99, Issue 63, p48. 16p. - Publication Year :
- 1999
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Abstract
- Focuses on Jeanette Winterson's use and reworking of postmodern concepts of the body in her novel `Written on the Body.' Constructive ways of theorizing the female body; Critique of androcentric science and medicine to learn more about the female body; Winterson's manner of unsettling perceptions of gendered difference; Body image in women; Different meanings produced by the text.
- Subjects :
- *GENDER differences in literature
*BODY image in women
*CRITICISM
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01417789
- Issue :
- 63
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Feminist Review
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 2518808
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/014177899339054