Title Polymorphous Domesticities : Pets, Bodies, and Desire in Four Modern Writers

Published Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (144 pages) Series FlashPoints Ser. ; v. 10 FlashPoints Ser Contents Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Re-Visions of Diana in Edith Wharton; 2. Colette at Home; 3. Romancing the Beast: J.R. Ackerley's Dog Days and the Meaning of Sex; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography Summary 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 Analysis american and european culture american literature criticism book club books books about home life books about human behavior discussion books easy to read engaging feminist perspective forms of domesticity gender home and family gender roles in american history gifts for friends gifts for moms great for reluctant readers human interaction intense emotion leisure reads page turner realistic social stereotypes vacation reads what is human behavior Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 -- Criticism and interpretation Barnes, Djuna -- Criticism and interpretation Colette, 1873-1954 -- Criticism and interpretation Ackerley, J. R. (Joe Randolph), 1896-1967 -- Criticism and interpretation SUBJECT Ackerley, J. R. (Joe Randolph), 1896-1967 fast Barnes, Djuna fast Colette, 1873-1954 fast Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 fast Subject Animals in literature. Pets in literature. Human-animal relationships in literature. Sex (Psychology) in literature. Social structure in literature. Social values in literature. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary. LITERARY CRITICISM -- General. Animals in literature Human-animal relationships in literature Pets in literature Sex (Psychology) in literature Social structure in literature Social values in literature Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 2011027809 ISBN 9780520952317 0520952316 0520270843 9780520270848 1283425955 9781283425957 9786613425959 6613425958

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