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Women write back : Irish and Catalan short stories in colonial context / Irene Boada-Montagut.
Van Pelt Library PR8807.S5 B63 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boada-Montagut, Irene, 1965-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Short stories, English--Irish authors--History and criticism.
- Short stories, English.
- Catalan fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.
- Catalan fiction.
- English fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- English fiction--Women authors.
- Short stories, Catalan--History and criticism.
- Short stories, Catalan.
- Comparative literature--Irish and Catalan.
- Comparative literature.
- Comparative literature--Catalan and Irish.
- Women and literature--Spain--Catalonia.
- Women and literature.
- Women and literature--Ireland.
- Imperialism in literature.
- Colonies in literature.
- Women in literature.
- Catalan fiction--Women authors.
- Short stories, English--Irish authors.
- Ireland.
- Spain--Catalonia.
- Genre:
- Short stories, English.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 207 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin ; Portland, OR : Irish Academic Press, 2003.
- Contents:
- 1 The short story in Ireland and Catalonia: a postcolonial genre? 18
- Historical contexts 21
- Catalonia 21
- Ireland 25
- The popularity of the short story 30
- Women and the short story 38
- 2 'Compulsory marriage', a colonising device 46
- Economic and social colonisation of women in marriage 52
- Emotional and sexual colonisation of women in marriage 60
- Loneliness, unhappiness, violence and exile 68
- New generations: the woman warrior 73
- 3 Towards a feminisation of nationalism 82
- Colonialism, nationalism and women 84
- Women and nationalism in Ireland 90
- 'Get out or we'll burn you out': the case of Northern Ireland 102
- Women and nationalism in Catalonia 108
- 4 Decolonising language 121
- 'L'ecriture feminine' or female writing 124
- Catalonia and the language question 130
- Between two elements 134
- Ireland and the language question 143
- 5 Conclusions: 'Inventing Women' 152.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-199) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0716527499
- OCLC:
- 50476839
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