Polymorphous Domesticities

Polymorphous Domesticities
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 143
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ISBN-10 : 9780520952317
ISBN-13 : 0520952316
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Book Synopsis Polymorphous Domesticities by : Juliana Schiesari

Download or read book Polymorphous Domesticities written by Juliana Schiesari and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Polymorphous Domesticities maps out the play of gender, sexuality, and alternative forms of domesticity in the works of four modern European and American writers—Edith Wharton, Djuna Barnes, Colette, and J. R. Ackerley. What these four writers have in common is a defiance of patriarchal paradigms in their lives as well as in their works. Not only did they live outside the norms of the heterosexual family unit, they also pursued and wrote about alternative lifestyles that prominently involved animals. Through close readings from a feminist perspective, Juliana Schiesari reconfigures the ways in which interspecies relationships inflect domestic spheres, reading the "Other" through the lens of gender, home, and family. As she explores how domestic life is refigured by the presence of animals, Schiesari challenges anthropocentric frames of reference and brings the very definition of "human" into question.


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