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T1 Motherhood and Abjection in Peter Carey's "Jack Maggs"
A1 Baines Alarcos, M. Pilar
A2 Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid
K1 Filología Inglesa
AB Jack Maggs is a novel in which maternity plays an important role. The story significantly connects motherhood to the universal notion of Mother Earth in order to criticise the annihilating power that Mother Britain exercised over its people and colonies. Consequently, most mothers are presented as horrible beings who are able to hurt, and even kill, their children. In contrast, the only positive mother of the story turns into a kind of heroine. She does not only help the protagonist, but also becomes Australian, mother of Australians and the protector of the thus far marginalised voice of the colonies.
SN 0210-9689
YR 2010
FD 2010
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/17384
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/17384
LA spa
NO ES: Revista de filología inglesa, 2010, N.31, pags.29-43
DS UVaDOC
RD 24-nov-2024