Anti-Heroes in the Works of Easton Ellis, Coe, Martel and Tsiolkas
What does it mean to be “a man” today? This book delves into the shame, struggle, and precariousness inherent in modern masculinity. Through the lens of characters in contemporary novels, it illuminates the overlooked, vulnerable nature of the masculine experience.
Reconstructing Female Sexuality and Deconstructing Male Anxiety
Challenging patriarchal narratives, this study explores the symbolism of female genitalia in literature and myth. It celebrates female procreational power, positioning the reproductive body as an enduring gateway between animate and inanimate realms—both alluring and repelling.
This book discusses intellectual militancy and activism in Festus Iyayi’s literary works. It shows how this activism impacts marginalized individuals who struggle for social justice, and will appeal to those interested in human rights, power dynamics, and state violence.
Gynocritics and the Traversals of Women’s Writing
This volume’s scholarly articles use feminist approaches to re-read male-centered narratives, revealing how women’s rights and roles have been historically undermined. The book offers a space for scholars to contribute to the development of a more egalitarian world.
For Victorian and Modern women who defied convention, a diagnosis of madness was a constant threat. This book uncovers the reality of unjust institutionalization and reveals how these women actively protested their diagnoses and confinement.
This book explores how Gabonese writer Sylvie Ntsame’s novels challenge patriarchal traditions that silence women. Ntsame counters racism and the objectification of the black female body with depictions of idealized interracial love, calling for understanding between cultures.
In the early twentieth century, fairy tales became political tools used to define a nation’s identity and justify claims to statehood in countries like Romania and Ireland. This book investigates the interweave of poetics and politics during the rise of modernist nationalism.
This is the definitive biography in English of Horacio Quiroga, the Latin-American Poe. Based on twenty years of work and newly discovered documents, it humanizes the writer and spotlights the marginalized women in his life, revealing a complex, contradictory man.
Are Game of Thrones and feminism compatible? This book shows how the series’ female characters use revenge to acquire autonomy. Drawing on Renaissance Revenge Tragedies and modern feminism, it interprets Game of Thrones as a contemporary, feminist version of a Revenge Tragedy.
Kokborok Literature from Tripura
This study delves into the folktales and literature of the Borok tribe, revealing their struggle for cultural identity. Writers draw on myths and folklore to challenge mainstream stereotypes and reclaim a heritage shaped by cultural domination and conflict.
This book analyzes feminist trauma fiction, exploring how authors like Margaret Atwood and Anita Desai detail the trauma women experience in a prejudiced world. It expands awareness of traumatic memory and warns that trauma gets reproduced if left unattended.
This book explores the rich cultural meanings in Vietnamese picturebooks. It’s a tool for intercultural understanding, a vital connection to heritage for Vietnamese children at home and abroad, and a step toward a society built on harmony, equality, and love.
The Racialization of the Occult in Nineteenth Century British Literature
In nineteenth-century Britain, the occult was both a source of support and a threat to society. This book examines novels from 1850-1900 to trace how the representation of occult practitioners participated in and contributed to the racialization of the occult.
Precarity in Culture
By inviting scholars from different disciplines to apply multiple critical lenses, this volume explores the different facets of our precarious world, providing insights into the challenges of our possible futures.
This book explores the psychological, social, and cultural significance of Westerns. While the stories may have simple plots, their cultural importance is a very complicated matter. Discover the psychological and social pleasures and benefits that explain why people read them.
This volume examines the use of myth and fairy tales in contemporary fiction. Through innovative critical approaches, its chapters analyze modern retellings in dialogue with tradition, demonstrating their importance and suggesting new questions for future critical inquiry.
The Reality behind Barbara Pym’s Excellent Women
This book analyses Barbara Pym’s work through the image of the troublesome woman. It highlights her feminist ideas, hidden in village settings and revealed by these women. Exploring Pym’s published and unpublished writings shows her as a complex person.
This volume provides critical attention on A.S. Byatt’s wonder tales. It examines her postmodern recreation of old forms through a variety of fresh and theoretically informed approaches, exploring the fertile creative-critical dialogue between her work and tradition.
This volume examines how trauma alters women’s identities, from individual experiences to national political abuses. The book shows that language has a transformative power for healing, as women use autobiography and memoir to free themselves and reinvent the form.
This book rejects the idea of childhood as an unambiguous monolith. It explores the constantly evolving term’s literary, artistic, and cultural representations, offering critical approaches to its treatment with all its complexities in art and literature.