Locating Gender in Modernism

The Outsider Female

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Feminist Criticism, Women Authors, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Women&
Cover of the book Locating Gender in Modernism by Geetha Ramanathan, Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Geetha Ramanathan ISBN: 9781136291272
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: October 2, 2012
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Geetha Ramanathan
ISBN: 9781136291272
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: October 2, 2012
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

This book visits modernism within a comparative, gendered, and third-world framework, questioning current scholarly categorisations of modernism and reframing our conception of what constitutes modernist aesthetics. It describes the construction of modernist studies and argues that despite a range of interventions which suggest that philosophical and material articulations with the third world shaped modernism, an emphasis on modernist "universals" persists. Ramanathan argues that women and third-world authors have reshaped received notions of the modern and revised orthodox ideas on the modern aesthetic. Authors such as Bessie Head, Josiane Racine, T.Obinkaram Echewa, Raja Rao, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Sembene Ousmane, Salman Rushdie, Ana Castillo, Attia Hossain, Bapsi Sidhwa, and Sahar Khalifeh, are visited in their specific cultural contexts and use some form of realism, a mode that western modernism relegates to the nineteenth century. A comparative methodology and extensive research on intersecting topics such as post-coloniality and the articulation between gender and modernist aesthetics facilitates readings of the modern in twentieth century literature that fall outside standards of western modernism. Considering the relationship between aesthetics and ideology, Ramanathan lays out a critical apparatus to enhance our understanding of the modern, thus suggesting that form is not universal, but that the history of forms, like the history of colonialism and of women, indicates very specific modalities of the modern.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This book visits modernism within a comparative, gendered, and third-world framework, questioning current scholarly categorisations of modernism and reframing our conception of what constitutes modernist aesthetics. It describes the construction of modernist studies and argues that despite a range of interventions which suggest that philosophical and material articulations with the third world shaped modernism, an emphasis on modernist "universals" persists. Ramanathan argues that women and third-world authors have reshaped received notions of the modern and revised orthodox ideas on the modern aesthetic. Authors such as Bessie Head, Josiane Racine, T.Obinkaram Echewa, Raja Rao, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Sembene Ousmane, Salman Rushdie, Ana Castillo, Attia Hossain, Bapsi Sidhwa, and Sahar Khalifeh, are visited in their specific cultural contexts and use some form of realism, a mode that western modernism relegates to the nineteenth century. A comparative methodology and extensive research on intersecting topics such as post-coloniality and the articulation between gender and modernist aesthetics facilitates readings of the modern in twentieth century literature that fall outside standards of western modernism. Considering the relationship between aesthetics and ideology, Ramanathan lays out a critical apparatus to enhance our understanding of the modern, thus suggesting that form is not universal, but that the history of forms, like the history of colonialism and of women, indicates very specific modalities of the modern.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Empire and Inequality by Geetha Ramanathan
Cover of the book Through Writing to Reading by Geetha Ramanathan
Cover of the book Another Kind of Evidence by Geetha Ramanathan
Cover of the book The Contemporary Middle East by Geetha Ramanathan
Cover of the book New Parties in Government by Geetha Ramanathan
Cover of the book Positive Teaching, Positive Learning by Geetha Ramanathan
Cover of the book Coming Out, Coming Home by Geetha Ramanathan
Cover of the book Plea For A Measure Of Abnormality by Geetha Ramanathan
Cover of the book Married Women Who Love Women by Geetha Ramanathan
Cover of the book Real Tourism by Geetha Ramanathan
Cover of the book Basic Education at a Distance by Geetha Ramanathan
Cover of the book Samuel Beckett by Geetha Ramanathan
Cover of the book Hong Kong's Transition to Chinese Rule by Geetha Ramanathan
Cover of the book Temporal Boundaries of Law and Politics by Geetha Ramanathan
Cover of the book Memory and Commemoration in Medieval Culture by Geetha Ramanathan
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy