Gendering the Nation
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Literary Studies
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- ISBN 9780748606191
- Weight: 345g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Apr 1995
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Too often seen as a ghost from the past, nationalism has resurfaced as a major factor in European politics and culture. A powerful commitment to national autonomy has marked Scottish writing throughout the twentieth century. How has the emergence of new voices from feminist, gay and lesbian critics transformed that commitment? How critical and pluralistic can the new nationalisms be? This collection serves notice that the tradition is being read in new and disruptive ways. Five women and four men examine the relationship between gender and nationality, how male and female authors portray women, the treatment of sexuality in Scottish writing, the construction of Scottish masculinity and its relation to class and homophobia. Covering modern fiction and theatre, poetry, film and television, it is a provocative reassessment of the gender and culture of a 'stateless nation'.
Christopher Whyte was Reader in Scottish Literature at the University of Glasgow.Updated 22/06/2011. Freelance writer lives in Budapest
