Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-266) and index.
Contents
Women and fictions of the state -- Three political narratives -- Fantasies of power : Margaret Atwood's Bodily harm -- The romance of politics : Paule Marshall's Daughters -- Political and sexual liberations : Nadine Gordimer's A sport of nature -- Mothers and capitalists in international politics : Margaret Drabble's The gates of ivory.