Tactical Readings Feminist Postmodernism in the Novels of Kathy Acker and Angela Carter |
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| Author:
| Pitchford, Nicola |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61148-144-0 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2001 |
| Publisher: | Bucknell University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $107.00 |
Book Description:
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Tactical Readings analyzes the work of Kathy Acker and Angela Carter and argues for putting feminist practices of reading at the center of a revitalized concept of postmodernism. In Acker's and Carter's rereading of even those images decried by some feminists as most compromised and patriarchal Pitchford also sees a way for feminism to move beyond its internal divisions over sexuality and obscenity.
Tactical Readings analyzes the work of Kathy Acker and Angela Carter and argues for putting feminist practices of reading at the center of a revitalized concept of postmodernism. In Acker's and Carter's rereading of even those images decried by some feminists as most compromised and patriarchal Pitchford also sees a way for feminism to move beyond its internal divisions over sexuality and obscenity.