The Sphinx in the City
Download or Read eBook The Sphinx in the City PDF written by Elizabeth Wilson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1992-03-10 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Elizabeth Wilson |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1992-03-10 |
ISBN-10 | : 0520078640 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780520078642 |
Rating | : 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Sphinx in the City by : Elizabeth Wilson
Book excerpt: "Adopting the guise of a flaneur, Wilson reconsiders the classical imagery of the city from the viewpoints of diverse groups of women: bourgeois wives, prostitutes, transvestite writers, and others. Its originality resides in its deft, consistently provocative interweaving of underground feminist discourses with the familiar, male-infected rhetorics of urban experience."—Mike Davis, author of City of Quartz