Overview
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.
- | Author: Caroline Rooney
- | Publisher: Routledge
- | Publication Date: Jul 17, 2014
- | Number of Pages: 252 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 113801060X
- | ISBN-13: 9781138010604
