Feminism's progress : gender politics in British and American literature and television since 1830 /

"Explores how popular novels, short stories, and television shows from the United States and Britain illustrate the positive effects of feminism and promote gender equity"--

書目詳細資料
主要作者: Colatrella, Carol (Author)
格式: Licensed eBooks
語言:英语
出版: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2023]
叢編:SUNY series in feminist criticism and theory.
在線閱讀:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.18253503
書本目錄:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue
  • Introduction: Feminist Literary Criticism, Liberation, and Social Change
  • Representations and Social Change
  • Representations of Oppression
  • Rollback of Rights
  • Feminism in Society
  • Images of Equity
  • Feminism and Realist Fiction
  • Women's Liberation on Television
  • Feminist Politics in Narratives
  • Chapter 1 Feminist Information and the Novel as Information System
  • Novel Capacities
  • Multifocal Narratives
  • Novel Information
  • Fictional Influence
  • Dickens on Social Inequality
  • Narrative Sense
  • Drabble's Way
  • Women's Problems
  • Making Connections
  • Chapter 2 Liberty and Suffrage in Nineteenth-Century Narratives
  • The Evils of Slavery
  • Sentimental Power
  • Melville's Civil War
  • War on the Border
  • Postwar Recriminations
  • Suffrage in Fiction
  • Gendered Opportunities
  • Voting Rights for Women
  • Work for Women
  • Chapter 3 Feminist Marriage and the Academic Novel
  • Ethics and Equity
  • University Access
  • Scholarly Values
  • Research Ethics
  • Romance and Scholarship
  • Accidental Romance and Science
  • Independence and the Marriage Plot
  • Chapter 4 Feminism Meets Science in Recent Narratives
  • Gendered Stereotypes
  • Discovering Evolution
  • Women's Liberation
  • Scientific Ambition
  • Dreaming Discoveries
  • Feminism and Scientific Ethics
  • Overcoming Error
  • Hostile Environments
  • Feminist Science
  • Inspirational Scientists
  • Chapter 5 Reproductive Independence and Collectivity
  • Reproduction and Social Attitudes
  • Embracing Motherhood
  • Feminism, Technology, and Reproduction
  • The Lord's Work and the Devil's Work
  • Empowering Women Caregivers
  • Chapter 6 Overcoming Violence against Women
  • Patriarchal Trauma
  • Justice and Revenge
  • Hunting Criminals
  • Chapter 7 Feminist Politics in Fiction
  • Countering Expectations
  • Feminist Ethics in Politics
  • Family Problems
  • Ethics and Democracy
  • Madam President
  • Femininity and Feminism
  • Optimistic Feminism
  • The Power of Feminist Narratives
  • Epilogue
  • Pandemic Problems
  • Racial Disparities and Protests
  • Backlash and Resistance
  • Inclusion and Aspiration
  • What Next?
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index