Feminism's Progress: Gender Politics in British and American Literature and Television since 1830

Feminism's Progress: Gender Politics in British and American Literature and Television since 1830

by Carol Colatrella
Feminism's Progress: Gender Politics in British and American Literature and Television since 1830

Feminism's Progress: Gender Politics in British and American Literature and Television since 1830

by Carol Colatrella

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Overview

Explores how popular novels, short stories, and television shows from the United States and Britain illustrate the positive effects of feminism and promote gender equity.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781438493930
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 08/01/2023
Series: SUNY series in Feminist Criticism and Theory
Pages: 368
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Carol Colatrella is Professor of Literature and Codirector of the Center for Women, Science, and Technology at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She is the coeditor (with Joseph Alkana) of Cohesion and Dissent in America, also published by SUNY Press.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Prologue
Introduction: Feminist Literary Criticism, Liberation, and Social Change

1. Feminist Information and the Novel as Information System

2. Liberty and Suffrage in Nineteenth-Century Narratives

3. Feminist Marriage and the Academic Novel

4. Feminism Meets Science in Recent Narratives

5. Reproductive Independence and Collectivity

6. Overcoming Violence against Women

7. Feminist Politics in Fiction

Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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