Women and Contemporary World Literature: Power, Fragmentation, and Metaphor
- ISBN-10
- 1453904093
- ISBN-13
- 9781453904091
- Category
- Feminism in literature
- Pages
- 129
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Author
- Deborah Fillerup Weagel
Description
From colonial New Spain to postcolonial Africa and India, Women and Contemporary World Literature examines ways in which women in literature function within their specific culture and circumstances to confront the challenges they encounter.
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