The Irish Novel at the End of the Twentieth Century

Gender, Bodies and Power

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J Jeffers

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This text interprets a wide variety of Irish novels of the 1990s from a perspective that focuses on the regulated sexual and constructed gendered body. The performing body in these novels is linked to a grid of power that is partly pre-established and partly rapidly changing in contemporary Ireland. The body is set against this grid: some bodies move inside the familiar boundaries of sexuality, gender and culture and some bodies do not or cannot. The demarcating line of identity can be gauged at the basic level of sexual and gender identity in contrast to, or in alliance with political, social, religious or cultural norms. Jeffer's examination of these novels reveals that Irish identity is in large part a matter of economics (replacing the traditional politics). Through a charting of movement of bodies we begin to see the thought-provoking, difference, and even seemingly bizarre realm of bodies in space presented in the Irish novel.

Author Biography:

JENNIFER JEFFERS is Assistant Professor of English at the University of South Dakota.

Release date Australia

April 17th, 2002

Author

J Jeffers

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Illustrations

XII, 207 p.

Pages

207

Dimensions

140x216x19

ISBN-13

9780312238391

Product ID

1876370

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