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The Feminine "no!": Psychoanalysis and the New Canon Hardcover - 2001

by Todd McGowan


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The Feminine "No!" sheds new light on the recent culture wars and debates about changes to the literary canon. Todd McGowan argues that the dynamics of canon change, rather than being the isolated concern of literary critics, actually offer concrete insights into the source of social change. Through a deployment of psychoanalytic theory, McGowan conceives the rediscovery and subsequent canonization of previously forgotten literary works as recoveries of past traumas. As such, these rediscoveries call into question and disrupt not only the canon itself, but also the mechanisms of ideology, precisely because trauma is shown to be the key to radical social change. The book focuses on four of the most prominent rediscoveries in the canon of American literature: Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-paper," Kate Chopin's The Awakening, Charles Chesnutt's The Marrow of Tradition, and Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God.

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  • Title The Feminine "no!": Psychoanalysis and the New Canon
  • Author Todd McGowan
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 162
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher State University of New York Press
  • Date 2001-06
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780791448731 / 0791448738
  • Weight 0.73 lbs (0.33 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.6 in (23.37 x 15.49 x 1.52 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Canon (Literature), Feminist fiction, American - History and
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00030079
  • Dewey Decimal Code 813.009

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Citations

  • Choice, 03/01/2001, Page 1272
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 02/01/2001, Page 196

About the author

Todd McGowan is Assistant Professor of English at Southwest Texas State University.

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US: SUNY Press, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good-/None. SUNY series in psychoanalysis and culture 2001 Bright red paper boards with black spine, clean and tidy; 1.5 inches of Indentation marks along rear long edge, and upper corners lightly pushed--barely noticeable. Spine is tight. Interior is clean, bright and unmarked. Lacking dustjacket, presumably as published. 8vo. Our photos depict actual book offered for sale. Books are carefully packaged by hand and ship from our family-owned bookshop in the US. BOOK INFO: See photos for Table of Contents. 'The Feminine No! sheds new light on the recent culture wars and debates about changes to the literary canon, Todd McGowan argues that the dynamics of canon change, rather than being the isolated concern of literary critics, actually offer concrete insights into the source of social change. Througha deployment of psychoanalytic theory, McGowan conceives the rediscovery and subsequent canonization of previously forgotten literary works as recoveries of past… Read More
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