On the literary nonfiction of Nancy Mairs : a critical anthology / edited by Merri Lisa Johnson and Susannah B. Mintz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Johnson, Merri Lisa.

Mintz, Susannah B., 1965-

Series:

Palgrave Macmillan's critical studies in gender, sexuality, and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Disability studies.

Bipolar disorder.

Mortality.

Women--Sexual behavior.

Women.

Mairs, Nancy, 1943-2016.

Mairs, Nancy.

Physical Description:

xiv, 215 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Summary:

"Where much of the existing scholarship on Nancy Mairs has approached her essays in the context of disability studies, this book seeks to broaden the conversation through a wider range of critical perspectives and with attention to underrepresented aspects of Mairs's oeuvre. With particular attention to the ways Mairs shapes her essays around a variety of "unspeakables"--such as depression, female sexuality and infidelity, mortality and death, or the struggle for faith in a post-modern world--this collection demonstrates Mairs's provocative combination of bold ethics and subtle aesthetics"--Provided by publisher.

"On the Literary Nonfiction of Nancy Mairs is the first critical anthology devoted to the work of one of the most significant contemporary American essayists. The collection brings together new and established scholars in the fields of autobiography and disability studies, women's and gender studies, and feminist theology to address the philosophical and formal complexities of Mairs's work. Chapters offer close textual readings; employ a wide range of critical perspectives; and attend to frequently elided subjects in Mairs's repertoire, such as depression, female sexuality and infidelity, mortality and death, and the struggle for faith in a post-modern world"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Hello and Goodbye / Nancy Mairs Mairs, Nancy

On Writing toward Trust / Susannah Mintz Mintz, Susannah

On Feminist Intellectual History / Merri Lisa Johnson Johnson, Merri Lisa

On Difficult Gifts: A Biographical Portrait of Nancy Mairs / Hayley Mitchell Haugen Haugen, Hayley Mitchell

On Writing in a Collaborative Spirit: Nancy Mairs's Ethic of Community / Susan Cumings Cumings, Susan

On Depression Narratives: "Hence, into the dark, we write . . ." / Hilary Clark Clark, Hilary

On the Rhetoric of Gloom and Joy: In Turbulent Love with the World in A Troubled Guest / Susannah Mintz Mintz, Susannah

On Nancy's Husband George: Masculinity, Disability, and Sex after Cancer in Remembering the Bone House and Waist High in the World / Margaret Torrell Torrell, Margaret

On Marriage, Church, and Being a Feminist Catholic: Sacraments of the Body in Ordinary Time / Jenny Christine Bangsund Bangsund, Jenny Christine

Autopathography: Women, Illness, and Life-writing / G. Thomas Couser Couser, G. Thomas

"Making up the Stories as We Go Along": Men, Women, and Narratives of Disability / Madonne Miner Miner, Madonne

Transforming the Tale: The Auto/Body/ographies of Nancy Mairs / Susannah B. Mintz Mintz, Susannah B.

Dismembering the Heterosexual Imaginary: The Infidelity Narrative in Nancy Mairs's Remembering the Bone House / Merri Lisa Johnson Johnson, Merri Lisa.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780230113701

0230113702

OCLC:

692287983