Reviews for Labor & desire

The average rating for Labor & desire based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-10-20 00:00:00 Karissa Mendicino Rabinowitz offers an exhaustive look at dozens of novels from the Depression era written by women who were often dismissed in their time and after because of subject matter. One of her main arguments is that domesticity and maternity are a part of the working class culture, and when they are displayed and/or discussed in literature, they should not be considered marginal.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-10-07 00:00:00 Luan Huynh Intimate Reading takes a feminist approach to memoir, focusing in particular memoirs of the confessional vein, with the author first revealing her own long-held secret. She examines the shift from a culture of secrecy to the current tell-all society, analyzes shame and its ramifications, discusses risks of revelation, examines narratives of sexuality, and explores trauma and struggles with psychiatric illness. Because of its focus on secrets, trauma, etc., most of the chapters are not particularly pertinent to my research. The most useful chapters for my purposes are the final ones where she discusses who a secret (story) belongs to and what truth means.