Decolonising Gender : Literature and a Poetics of the Real
, by Rooney, CarolineNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780203933596 | 0203933591
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- Copyright: 11/5/2007
Through examination of the functions of language and cross-cultural readings of literature - from African queer reading to postcolonial Shakespeare - Rooney explores current ideas of performativity in literature and language, and negotiates a path between feminist theory s common pitfalls of essentialism and constructivism.