Spectacles Of Realism: Gender, Body, Genre: 0010 (Studies in Classical Philology) - Softcover

Cohen, Margaret

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0816625212 ISBN 13: 9780816625215

Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press, 1995

Synopsis

A rethinking of realism that reveals its relevance to sexual and cultural politics.

Despite rumors of its demise in literary theory and practice, realism persists. Why this is, and how realism is relevant to current interdisciplinary debates in gender studies and cultural studies, are the questions underlying Spectacles of Realism. With particular reference to nineteenth-century French culture, the contributors explore the role realism has played in the social construction of gender and sexuality. Among their subjects are nineteenth-century physiologies, photographs, caricatures, and Balzac’s Comédie humaine; the ethnographic claims of Goncourt’s naturalism and the historical claims of Zola’s; and the allure of exotica displayed at new museums and international expositions.

Contributors: April Alliston, Princeton U; Emily Apter, UCLA; Charles Bernheimer, U of Pennsylvania; Rhonda Garelick; Judith Goldstein, Vassar; Anne Higonnet, Wellesley; Roger Huss, Queen Mary and Westfield College; Dorothy Kelly, Boston U; Diana Knight, U of Nottingham; Jann Matlock, Harvard U; Linda Nochlin, NYU; Patrick O’Donovan, King’s College; Vanessa Schwartz, American U; Naomi Segal, U of Reading; Barbara Vinken, NYU.

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About the Author

Margaret Cohen teaches in the Department of Comparative Literature at New York University. Christopher Prendergast is reader in modern French literature at Cambridge University and fellow at King’s College.

From the Back Cover

With particular reference to nineteenth-century French culture, the contributors explore the role realism has played in the social construction of gender and sexuality. Among their subjects are nineteenth-century physiologies, photographs, caricatures, and Balzac's Comedie humaine; the ethnographic claims of the Goncourts' naturalism and the historical claims of Zola's; and the allure of exotica displayed at new museums and international expositions.

Edition details

• Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816625212
• ISBN 13: 9780816625215
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384