{"product_id":"writing-shame-gender-contemporary-literature-and-negative-affect-paperback","title":"Writing Shame: Gender, Contemporary Literature and Negative Affect - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKaye Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExamines the intersection of shame, gender and writing in contemporary literature\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders the particular intersection of shame, gender and writing in literature produced since the 1990s\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eViews shame as a constitutive factor in the social construction and experience of femininity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnalyses a diverse range of texts from pulp to literary fiction to life writing and autofiction, with a self-reflexive focus on the formal disjunctions produced by\/in the writing of shame, and on the shame attending the act of writing itself\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers political readings of neglected genres (lesbian pulp fiction), highly topical texts (like Kraus's \u003ci\u003eI Love Dick\u003c\/i\u003e and Knausgaard's \u003ci\u003eMy Struggle\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand established authors (such as Mary Gaitskill, A.M. Homes, Rupert Thomson)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough readings of an array of recent texts - literary and popular, fictional and autofictional, realist and experimental - this book maps out a contemporary, Western, shame culture. It unpicks the complex triangulation of shame, gender and writing, and intervenes forcefully in feminist and queer debates of the last three decades. Starting from the premise that shame cannot be overcome or abandoned, and that femininity and shame are utterly and necessarily imbricated, \u003ci\u003eWriting Shame\u003c\/i\u003e examines writing that explores and inhabits this state of shame, considering the dissonant effects of such explorations on and beyond the page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamines the intersection of shame, gender and writing in contemporary literature Through readings of an array of recent texts - literary and popular, fictional and autofictional, realist and experimental - this book maps out a contemporary, Western, shame culture. It unpicks the complex triangulation of shame, gender and writing, and intervenes forcefully in feminist and queer debates of the last three decades. Starting from the premise that shame cannot be overcome or abandoned, and that femininity and shame are utterly and necessarily imbricated, Writing Shame examines writing that explores and inhabits this state of shame, considering the dissonant effects of such explorations on and beyond the page. Kaye Mitchell is Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Literature at the University of Manchester.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr Kaye Mitchell is Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Literature at the University of Manchester. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eIntention and the Text: Towards an Intentionality of Literary Form\u003c\/i\u003e (Continuum, 2008) and \u003ci\u003eA L Kennedy\u003c\/i\u003e (Palgrave, 2007) and the editor of \u003ci\u003eSarah Waters: Contemporary Critical Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2013).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 14, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51786227843360,"sku":"9781474461856","price":63.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8d160f2a01e9b60ae7d7a2e7af5c828d.webp?v=1780630030","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/writing-shame-gender-contemporary-literature-and-negative-affect-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}