Sinead Mcdermott
Biographic Data
| ID | 3743080 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sinead Mcdermott |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sinead |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcdermott |
| SIGNATURE | MCDERMOTT S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Limerick |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Future-perfect
Recent feminist theory has been preoccupied with the politics of taboo emotions such as nostalgia, mourning and regret; emotions that are generally viewed as being in conflict with feminism's desire for future change. This paper seeks to break down the implicit dichotomy between the desire for change and the backward glance through a re-reading of Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping. Earlier readings of Housekeeping have tended to read the novel as…
Maternal Belongings and the Question of 'Home' in Mary Morrissy's 'Mother of Pearl
This essay addresses the relationship between home, belonging and the maternal in feminist theory and fiction. Feminist discourse isoften typified by its critique of home: analysing the gendered assumptions underlying the depiction of home as nurturing, or exposing the regressive and essentialist connotations of the search for safe homes. A number of recent feminist theorists (Probyn, Bammer, Young) have, however, pointed to thepersistence of 're…
Memory, Nostalgia, and Gender in A Thousand Acres
Memory, Nostalgia, and Gender in A Thousand Acres
Future-perfect
Recent feminist theory has been preoccupied with the politics of taboo emotions such as nostalgia, mourning and regret; emotions that are generally viewed as being in conflict with feminism's desire for future change. This paper seeks to break down the implicit dichotomy between the desire for change and the backward glance through a re-reading of Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping. Earlier readings of Housekeeping have tended to read the novel as…
Memory, Nostalgia, and Gender in A Thousand Acres
Maternal Belongings and the Question of 'Home' in Mary Morrissy's 'Mother of Pearl
This essay addresses the relationship between home, belonging and the maternal in feminist theory and fiction. Feminist discourse isoften typified by its critique of home: analysing the gendered assumptions underlying the depiction of home as nurturing, or exposing the regressive and essentialist connotations of the search for safe homes. A number of recent feminist theorists (Probyn, Bammer, Young) have, however, pointed to thepersistence of 're…
Future-perfect
Recent feminist theory has been preoccupied with the politics of taboo emotions such as nostalgia, mourning and regret; emotions that are generally viewed as being in conflict with feminism's desire for future change. This paper seeks to break down the implicit dichotomy between the desire for change and the backward glance through a re-reading of Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping. Earlier readings of Housekeeping have tended to read the novel as…
Feminism (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Afterlife (1 work) · American and British Literature Analysis (1 work) · American Sports and Literature (1 work)