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The Irish Novel at the End of the Twentieth Century

Gender, Bodies and Power

J Jeffers author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

Published:20th Jul '08

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The Irish Novel at the End of the Twentieth Century: Gender, Bodies and Power interprets a wide variety of the most interesting Irish novels of the last ten years of the century from a perspective that focuses on the regulated sexual and constructed gendered body. The demarcating line of identity-the perennial Irish problem-can be gauged at the basic level of sexual and gender identity in contrast to or in alliance with political, social, religious or cultural norms. All mechanisms that have gone into controlling the body-gender regulation, violence, desire, religious taboos-can all be reinterpreted through the body in motion.

'...an efficient instrument for its combination of historical, theoretical, and textual analysis.' - Choice

'The Irish Novel at the End of the Twentieth Century is an interesting read for students of Irish literary studies, in that it explores the construction of gender and sexuality in novels written in Ireland in the last twelve years.' - Nessa Cronin, Irish Studies Review

ISBN: 9780230602380

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207 pages