Deviant Women Cultural, Linguistic and Literary Approaches to Narratives of Femininity (Edition 1)

• Other Authors: Mäntymäki, Tiina (Editor), Rodi-Risberg, Marinella (Editor), Foka, Anna (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group 2014
• Subjects: Public speaking guides; Communication studies; Gender studies: women; Language Arts & Disciplines; Public Speaking & Speech Writing; Communication Studies; Social Science; Women's Studies
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This multidisciplinary collection of articles illuminates the ways in which the concept of female deviance is represented, appropriated, re-inscribed and refigured in a wide range of texts across time, cultures and genres. Such a choice of variety shows that representations of deviance accommodate meaning-making spaces and possibilities for resistance in different socio-cultural and literary contexts. The construct of the deviant woman is analysed from literary, sociolinguistic and historical-cultural perspectives, revealing insights about cultures and societies. Furthermore, the studies recognise and explain the significance of the concept of deviance in relation to gender that bespeaks a contemporary cultural concern about narratives of femininity.