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Author Papke, Renate

Title Poems at the edge of differences : mothering in new English poetry by women / Renate Papke
Published [Akron, Ohio] : University of Akron Press, 2010, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (214 pages) : color portrait
Contents Introduction -- Concepts of difference concerning gender, race and ethnicity -- Mothering -- a human experience in practice and theory -- Why a study about poetry -- not the novel or drama -- on mothering? -- Framework for a pioneering project -- English poetry by women from India and the Diaspora -- English poetry by women from the Caribbean and the Diaspora -- English poetry by women from Africa and the Diaspora -- Outlook -- Selected bibliography
Summary This study consists of two parts. The first part offers an overview of feminism's theory of differences. The second part deals with the textual analysis of poems about mothering by women from India, the Caribbean and Africa. Literary criticism has dealt with the representation of mothering in prose texts. The exploration of lyrical texts has not yet come. Since the late 1970s, the acknowledgement of and the commitment to difference has been foundational for feminist theory and activism. This investigation promotes a differentiated, locational feminism (Friedman). The comprehensive theoretical discussion of feminism's different concepts of gender, race, ethnicity and mothering builds the foundation for the main part: the presentation and analysis of the poems. The issue of mothering foregrounds the communicative aspect of women's experience and wants to bridge the gap between theory and practice. This study, however, does not intend to specify mothering as a universal and unique feminine characteristic. It underlines a metaphorical use and discusses the concepts of nurturing, maternal practice and social parenthood. Regarding the extensive material, this study understands itself as an explorative not concluding investigation placed at the intersections of gender studies, postcolonial and classical literary studies. Most of all, it aims at initiating a dialogue and interchange between scholars and students in the Western and the Third World
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject English poetry -- Women authors.
Feminist literature.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
English poetry -- Women authors
Feminist literature
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781935603269
1935603264
9781935603276
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