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Embodied shame : uncovering female shame in contemporary women's writings / J. Brooks Bouson.

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"How does physical, emotional, and sexual abuse shape women's perceptions of their bodies and identities? How are women's psyches affected by the sexual, racial, and cultural denigration that occurs when women's bodies are represented as defective, spoiled, damaged, or dirtied? E...

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Main Author: Bouson, J. Brooks
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albany : SUNY Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Canadian literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
English literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Women in literature.
Shame in literature.
Abused women in literature.
Psychic trauma in literature.
Body image in literature.
Self-perception in literature.
Body image in women.
Self-perception in women.

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Call Number: PS151 .B68 2009
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