Editors:
Explores the literary tradition of Australian women through a multiracial and multicultural lens
Deconstructs topics such as gender, political ideology, race, and sexuality within the context of Australian women's writing
Expertly navigates a wide variety of perspectives and topics in order to present a cohesive image of the literary legacy of Australian women
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Breaking the Silence: Self and Identity
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A Space of Her Own
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From the Margins: Longing and Belonging
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About this book
This volume explores the subterfuges, strategies, and choices that Australian women writers have navigated in order to challenge patriarchal stereotypes and assert themselves as writers of substance. Contextualized within the pioneering efforts of white, Aboriginal, and immigrant Australian women in initiating an alternative literary tradition, the text captures a wide range of multiracial Australian women authors’ insightful reflections on crucial issues such as war and silent mourning, emergence of a Australian national heroine, racial purity and Aboriginal motherhood, communism and activism, feminist rivalry, sexual transgressions, autobiography and art of letter writing, city space and female subjectivity, lesbianism, gender implications of spatial categories, placement and displacement, dwelling and travel, location and dislocation and female body politics. Claiming Space for Australian Women’s Writing tracks Australian women authors’ varied journeys across cultural, political and racial borders in the canter of contemporary political discourse.
Reviews
“This new collection of essays claims a space for Australian women’s writing not only in Australian literature but in our broader readings of space and environment, race and indigeneity, gender and sexuality, women’s lives and women’s careers. It brings a new transnational dimension to our understanding of Australian women’s writing.” (David Carter, Professor of Australian Literature and Cultural History, School of Communication and Arts, The University of Queensland, Australia)
“A spectacularly comprehensive account of Australian women’s writing as mediated by a transnational Indian perspective. It will undoubtedly generate many new research directions and collaborations.” (Sneja Gunew, Professor Emerita, English/ Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, University of British Columbia, Canada)
Editors and Affiliations
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Women and Gender Studies Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison, USA
Devaleena Das
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Department of English, Calcutta University , Kolkata, India
Sanjukta Dasgupta
About the editors
Dr. Sanjukta Dasgupta is Professor and Former Head, Department of English and Former Dean, Faculty of Arts, Calcutta University. She is a poet, critic and translator and recipient of many awards and fellowships. Her published books include The Novels of Huxley and Hemingway: A Study in Two Planes of Reality, and Media, Gender and Popular Culture in India: Tracking Change and Continuity.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Claiming Space for Australian Women’s Writing
Editors: Devaleena Das, Sanjukta Dasgupta
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50400-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-50399-8Published: 17 July 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84391-9Published: 01 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-50400-1Published: 29 June 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 353
Topics: Literary History, Asian Literature, Postcolonial/World Literature