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dc.contributor.authorPapke, Renate
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-15T02:37:30Z
dc.date.available2020-04-15T02:37:30Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/37023
dc.description.abstractThis study consists of two parts. The first part offers an overview of feminism’s theory of differences. The second part deals with the textual analysis of poems about ‘mothering’ by women from India, the Caribbean and Africa. Literary criticism has dealt with the representation of ‘mothering’ in prose texts. The exploration of lyrical texts has not yet come. Since the late 1970s, the acknowledgement of and the commitment to difference has been foundational for feminist theory and activism. This investigation promotes a differentiated, ‘locational’ feminism (Friedman). The comprehensive theoretical discussion of feminism’s different concepts of ‘gender’, ‘race’, ‘ethnicity’ and ‘mothering’ builds the foundation for the main part: the presentation and analysis of the poems. The issue of ‘mothering’ foregrounds the communicative aspect of women’s experience and wants to bridge the gap between theory and practice. This study, however, does not intend to specify ‘mothering’ as a universal and unique feminine characteristic. It underlines a metaphorical use and discusses the concepts of ‘nurturing’, ‘maternal practice’ and ‘social parenthood’. Regarding the extensive material, this study understands itself as an explorative not concluding investigation placed at the intersections of gender studies, postcolonial and classical literary studies. Most of all, it aims at initiating a dialogue and interchange between scholars and students in the Western and the ‘Third World’.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguisticsen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSF Gender studies, gender groups::JBSF1 Gender studies: women and girlsen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studiesen_US
dc.subject.otherpoems
dc.subject.othermothering
dc.subject.othernew English poetry
dc.titlePoems at the edge of differences
dc.title.alternativemothering in new English poetry by women
dc.typebook
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.17875/gup2008-428
oapen.relation.isPublishedByffaff15c-73ed-45cd-8be1-56a881b51f62


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