The Female Grotesque: Risk, Excess, and Modernity
- ISBN-10
- 0415901642
- ISBN-13
- 9780415901642
- Category
- Body, Human, in literature
- Pages
- 252
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- Psychology Press
- Author
- Mary J. Russo
Description
Examines the grotesque in the light of gender, locating the role of the woman's body in its discourse.
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