The politics of survivorship : incest, women's literature, and feminist theory

The politics of survivorship : incest, women's literature, and feminist theory / Rosaria Champagne.

Author/creator	Butterfield, Rosaria Champagne, 1962-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : New York University Press, ©1996.
Description	x, 246 pages ; 22 cm
Subject(s)	American literature--20th century --History and criticism. Incest in literature. Feminism and literature--Great Britain --History --20th century. Feminism and literature--United States --History --20th century. American literature--Women authors --History and criticism. English fiction--19th century --History and criticism. Adult child sexual abuse victims in literature. Psychoanalysis and literature. Patriarchy in literature. Women and literature.

Contents	Surviving psychoanalysis -- The law of the (nameless) father : Mary Shelley's Mathilda and the incest taboo -- Covert incest : Frankenstein after Oedipus -- True crimes of motherhood : mother daughter incest and dissociative disorders -- Desiring daughters, seductive sisters : incested agency -- Oprah Winfrey's "Scared silent" and the spectatorship of incest.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-233) and index.
LCCN	96010125
ISBN	0814715427 (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PS169.I5 C43 1996	✔ Available	Place Hold