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Hypertext and the Female Imaginary
Jaishree K. Odin
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Description for Hypertext and the Female Imaginary
Paperback. Series: Electronic Mediations. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; TJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 10. Weight in Grams: 284.
In Hypertext and the Female Imaginary, Jaishree K. Odin reveals how media that use hypertextual strategies of narrative fragmentation provocatively engage questions of gender or cultural difference. Odin addresses hypertext on two levels: as an artistic technique in electronic or film narratives and as a metaphor for describing the complexity of postmodernism in which different cultures, discourses, and media are in continual interaction with one another.
Investigating the work of Trinh T. Minh-ha, Judy Malloy, Shelley Jackson, Stephanie Strickland, and M. D. Coverly, Odin demonstrates how these writers apply hypertextual strategies to subversively convey difference. Through her readings of various ... Read more
In Hypertext and the Female Imaginary, Jaishree K. Odin reveals how media that use hypertextual strategies of narrative fragmentation provocatively engage questions of gender or cultural difference. Odin addresses hypertext on two levels: as an artistic technique in electronic or film narratives and as a metaphor for describing the complexity of postmodernism in which different cultures, discourses, and media are in continual interaction with one another.
Investigating the work of Trinh T. Minh-ha, Judy Malloy, Shelley Jackson, Stephanie Strickland, and M. D. Coverly, Odin demonstrates how these writers apply hypertextual strategies to subversively convey difference. Through her readings of various ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Series
Electronic Mediations
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816666706
SKU
V9780816666706
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About Jaishree K. Odin
Jaishree K. Odin is associate professor of interdisciplinary studies at the University of Hawai'i, Manoa.
Reviews for Hypertext and the Female Imaginary
"Hypertext and the Female Imaginary is a much-needed examination of cultural studies issues as they relate to literary-oriented digital media and are played out in women’s works dealing with hypertext. Jaishree K. Odin has written an extremely valuable book." —Dene Grigar, Washington State University, Vancouver