Mary Eagleton

Clever Girls and the Literature of Women's Upward Mobility

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This book follows the figure of 'the clever girl' from the post-war to the present and focuses on the fiction, plays and memoirs of contemporary British women writers. Spurred on by an ethic of meritocracy, the clever girl is now facing austerity and declining social mobility. Though suggesting optimism, a public discourse of 'opportunity', 'aspiration' and 'choice' is often experienced as an anxious and chancy process. In a wide-ranging study, the book explores the struggle to move away from home and traditional notions of femininity; the persistent problems associated with women's embodiment; the pressures of class and racial divisions; the… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-3-319-71961-0
EAN: 9783319719610
Produktnummer: 25930402
Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Seitenangabe: 208 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 1'891 KB
Auflage: 1st ed. 2018
Abbildungen: Bibliographie

Über den Autor

Mary Eagleton was, formerly, Professor of Contemporary Women's Writing at Leeds Beckett University, UK. She has published widely on contemporary women authors, feminist literary theory and feminist literary history. Publications include Figuring the Woman Author in Contemporary Fiction (2005), Feminist Literary Theory: A Reader (3rd revised edition, 2011) and, with Emma Parker, The History of British Women's Writing, 1970 - the Present (2015).