The madwoman can't speak, or, why insanity is not subversive

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Title:

The madwoman can't speak, or, why insanity is not subversive

Author:

Caminero-Santangelo, Marta, 1966-

ISBN:

9780801435140

9780801485145

Personal Author:

Caminero-Santangelo, Marta, 1966-

Publication Information:

Ithaca, N.Y. : London : Cornell University Press, 1998.

Physical Description:

xii, 195 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series:

Reading women writing

Series Title:

Reading women writing

General Note:

Why insanity is not subversive.

Subject Term:

American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.

Literature and mental illness -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

Feminism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.

Mentally ill women in literature.

Social norms in literature.

Added Title:

Why insanity is not subversive.

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Summary

In this work, the subversive madwoman first appropriated by feminist theorists and critics is re-evaluated. How, the author asks, can such a figure be subversive if she's effectively imprisoned, silent and unseen? Taking issue with a prominent strand of current feminist literary criticism, Caminero-Santangelo identifies a counternarrative in writing by women in the last half of the 20th century, one which rejects madness, even as a symbolic resolution.

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