Conceiving a New Feminism/Nationalism: Mothering in Timberlake Wertenbaker's The Break of Day
Journal
中外文學
Journal Volume
35
Journal Issue
7
Pages
17-36
Date Issued
2006-12
Date
2006-12
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Abstract
This essay investigates the issue of mothering in Timberlake Wertenbaker's The Break of Day (1995). The first part states how the desire of mothering was dismissed by critics as a backlash against feminism. The second part argues that, by dramatizing the maternal drive, Wertenbaker calls for a re-examination of the problematic of mothering. The third part points out that with the cross-border adoption Wertenbaker addresses the formations and transformations of individual and national identities in the era of globalization on the one hand, and on the other attacks the hegemonic Britain under the Thatcher government. The essay concludes that The Break of Day offers a better future in which women can have greater control over their bodies and races can enjoy greater equality.
Subjects
英國女性主義
母親身分
生育科技
跨越國界的女嬰
國家主義
柴契爾政權
feminism
mothering
reproductive technology
cross-border baby
nationalism
Thatcherism
SDGs
Type
journal article
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