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Women and Cross-Dressing: 1800-1939

Edited by Heike Bauer

This three-volume collection focuses on writings by and about cross-dressing women from the early nineteenth century up until the beginning of World War II. In…

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2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-32302-4 (Routledge)

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Approximate Bodies

Gender and Power in Early Modern Drama and Anatomy

By Maurizio Calbi

The early modern period was an age of anatomical exploration and revelation, with new discoveries capturing the imagination not only of scientists but also of…

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-34561-3 (Routledge)

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Literary Radicalism in India

Gender, Nation and the Transition to Independence

By Priyamvada Gopal

Literary Radicalism in India situates postcolonial Indian literature in relation to the hugely influential radical literary movements initiated by the Progressive Writers Association and the…

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2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-32904-0 (Routledge)

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Dangerous Desire

Literature of Sexual Freedom and Sexual Violence Since the Sixties

By Pamela Barnett

In Dangerous Desire, Pamela Barnett explores the jarring, frequent juxtaposition of sexual freedom and rape in American literature of and about the 1960s. Why were…

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2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-97050-1 (Routledge)

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The Medusa Reader

Edited by Marjorie Garber, Nancy J. Vickers

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2003 | Paperback: 978-0-415-90099-7 (Routledge)

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Decoding Gender in Science Fiction

By Brian Attebery

From Frankenstein to futuristic feminist utopias, Decoding Gender in Science Fiction examines the ways science fiction writers have incorporated, explored, and revised conventional notions of…

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2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-93950-8 (Routledge)

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Boss Ladies, Watch Out!

Essays on Women, Sex and Writing

By Terry Castle

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2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-93874-7 (Routledge)

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Sexual/Textual Politics

Feminist Literary Theory

By Toril Moi

What are the political implications of a feminist critical practice? How do the problems of the literary text relate to the priorities and perspectives of…

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2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-28012-9 (Routledge)

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Marriage and Sexuality in Medieval and Early Modern Iberia

Edited by Eukene Lacarra Lanz

A fascinating collection of essays addressed the long-standing need for an exploration of marriage, love and sexuality in the Iberian Peninsula from medieval to early…

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2002 | Hardback: 978-0-415-93634-7 (Routledge)

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Sleuths in Skirts

A Bibliography and Analysis of Serialized Female Sleuths

By Frances A. Della Cava, Madeline H. Engel

Basing their analysis on a detailed bibliography of more than 2,280 books featuring 522 characters of American mystery fiction, the authors explore how the female…

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2002 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-3884-0 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

Death, Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Adolescent Literature
By Kathryn James
To be published December 4th 2008

Genders
By David Glover, Cora Kaplan
To be published December 11th 2008

Genders
By David Glover, Cora Kaplan
To be published December 11th 2008

Shakespeare in Children's Literature: Gender and Cultural Capital
By Erica Hateley
To be published December 12th 2008

German Romanticism and Science: The Procreative Poetics of Goethe, Novalis, and Ritter
By Jocelyn Holland
To be published March 23rd 2009

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