Vigilante women in contemporary American fiction
By: Alison Graham-Bertolini
Series: American literature readings in the twenty-first century
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9780230110908
Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist; LITERARY CRITICISM / General; History and criticism; LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General; Vigilantes in literature; Heroines in literature; American fiction; Women in literature
Description: "Graham-Bertolini provides the first analysis of vigilante women in contemporary American fiction. She develops a dynamic model of vigilante heroines using literary and feminist theory and applies it to important texts, including those by Flagg, Glaspell, Hong-Kington, Hurston, Rawlings, Walker, and more. This analysis broadens our understanding of how law and culture infringe upon women's rights"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-173) and index.