"Gender in Modernism", conceived as a sequel to the
now-classic volume "The Gender of Modernism", selects
the best from the fifteen years of feminist literary and
modernist scholarship that has appeared since the
original's publication. Its fresh and diverse texts
examine new themes and reflect today's broader, more
inclusive understanding of modernism. The collection's
modernist works have been grouped into twenty-one
thematic sections, with theoretical introductions to the
primary texts provided by the scholars who have taken
the lead in pushing both modernism and gender in new
directions. The selections enhance our understanding of
the complex intersections of gender with a large array
of social identifications, including global location,
ideas of race, passing, the queering of sexualities,
medicine, and experiences of trauma and war. It sees
continental modernism in a different light, and moves on
to colonial and postcolonial sites. The collection also
considers editors, journalists and the creators of
less-studied genres of modernism, including writers on
the left, suffragists, authors of manifestos, mediums,
authors dismissed as sentimental, artists, dancers,
dramatists, and filmmakers. "Gender in Modernism" will
quickly move from resource to springboard, furthering
modernist study well into the twenty-first century.
Contributors include Tuzyline Jita Allan, Ann Ardis,
Nancy Berke, Julia Briggs, Pamela L. Caughie, Mary
Chapman, Suzanne Clark, Patrick Collier, Diane F.
Gillespie, Barbara Green, Leslie Kathleen Hankins,
Suzette A. Henke, Katherine Kelly, Colleen Lamos, Bette
London, Janet Lyon, Jayne Marek, Sonita Sarker, Carol
Shloss, Susan Squier, Claire Tylee, and Gay
Wachman.
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