Full Description
Considering new perspectives on writers such as Toni Morrison, Margaret Atwood, and Louise Erdrich, Confronting Visuality in Multi-ethnic Women's Writing traces a cross-cultural tradition in which contemporary female writers situate images of women within larger contexts of visuality.
Contents
Introduction: What's (Still) Wrong with Images of Women? PART I. COMING-OF-AGE WITH MASS MEDIA 1. (Re)visualizing History in Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye 2. Transforming Culture and Consciousness in Bobbie Ann Mason's In Country PART II. WITNESSING VISUAL MANIPULATION 3. 'There Were Signs and I Missed Them': Reading Beneath the Image in Margaret Atwood's Speculative Fiction 4. The Politics of Vanishing: Bearing Witness to the Wounded Family in Louise Erdrich's Shadow Tag PART III. SPECTATORSHIP IN AN EXPANDED FIELD OF VISION 5. Against Visual Objectivity in Gish Jen's "Birthmates" and Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's "The Ultrasound" 6. Queering Spectatorship in Alison Bechdel's Fun Home Conclusion: Confronting Visuality in the Digital Age ?
