Gender, madness, and colonial paranoia in Australian literature : Australian psychoses

Gender, madness, and colonial paranoia in Australian literature : Australian psychoses / Laura Deane.

This book rethinks women's madness through a rigorous analysis of colonial paranoia. Arguing that colonialism produces a distinct cultural expression of women's madness, this book contends that it is the male characters of the novels who exhibit symptoms of colonial paranoia, as inheritors...

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Main Author: Deane, Laura, 1965- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Australian fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Women in literature.
Mental illness in literature.
Colonies in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Australian & Oceanian.
Australian fiction
Colonies in literature
Mental illness in literature
Women in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:This book rethinks women's madness through a rigorous analysis of colonial paranoia. Arguing that colonialism produces a distinct cultural expression of women's madness, this book contends that it is the male characters of the novels who exhibit symptoms of colonial paranoia, as inheritors and agents of the colonial enterprise.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxxiii, 179 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781498547338
1498547338
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 29, 2017).

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