Confronting visuality in multi-ethnic women's writing / Angela Laflen.
| Author/creator | Laflen, Angela |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. |
| Description | 199 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: What's (still) wrong with images of women? -- Coming-of-age with mass media -- (re)visualizing history in Toni Morrison's The bluest eye -- Transforming culture and consciousness in Bobbie Ann Mason's In country -- Witnessing visual manipulation -- There were signs and I missed them: reading beneath the image in Margaret Atwood's speculative fiction -- The politics of vanishing: bearing witness to the wounded family in Louise Erdrich's Shadow tag -- Spectatorship in an expanded field of vision -- Against visual objectivity in Gish Jen's Birthmates and Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's The ultrasound -- Queering spectatorship in Alison Bechdel's Fun home -- Conclusion: Confronting visuality in the digital age. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-190) and index. |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| LCCN | 2014005799 |
| ISBN | 9781137413031 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1137413034 (hardback : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS151 .L34 2014 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |