Feminist discourse in Irish literature : gender and power in Louise O'Neill's young adult fiction /
Feminist Discourse in Irish Literature addresses the role of YA Irish literature in responding and contributing to some the most controversial and contemporary issues in today's modern society, gender and conflicting views of power, sexism and consent. This volume provides an original, innovati...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2023.
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| Series: | Routledge studies in Irish literature.
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| Summary: | Feminist Discourse in Irish Literature addresses the role of YA Irish literature in responding and contributing to some the most controversial and contemporary issues in today's modern society, gender and conflicting views of power, sexism and consent. This volume provides an original, innovative and necessary examination of how "rape culture" and the intersections between feminism and power have become increasingly relevant to Irish society in the years since Irish author Louise O'Neill's novels for young adults Only Ever Yours and Asking for It were published. In consideration of the socio-political context in Ireland and broader Western culture from which O'Neill's works were written, and taking into account a selection of Irish, American, Australian and British YA texts that address similar issues in different contexts, this text highlights the contradictions in O'Neill's works and illuminates their potential to function as a form of literary/social fundamentalism which often undermines, rather than promotes, equality. |
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| Physical Description: | 201 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [178]-185) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1032076852 9781032076850 9781032076867 1032076860 |