The power of writing: gender, space and affect in contemporary literature

Authors

  • Sandra Regina Goulart Almeida  Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Keywords:

power. writing. space. affect. feminism. gender.

Abstract

The work discusses the issue of power and writing in women’s contemporary literature, especially in the present transnational and globalized context. It examines theoretical issues related to the space occupied by literature and by feminist literary criticism in our contemporary times and focuses on the themes and approaches related to power, fear and affect in the literary production by women writers.

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Author Biography

Sandra Regina Goulart Almeida , Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Doutora pela University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Professora de Literaturas de Língua Inglesa e Literatura Comparada na Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais-UFMG, Belo Horizonte-MG

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Published

2019-07-11

How to Cite

Almeida , S. R. G. (2019). The power of writing: gender, space and affect in contemporary literature. Revista Cerrados, 20(31). Retrieved from https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/cerrados/article/view/26107

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