the culture of divorce in the West since 1789
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Leydecker, Karl > (ed.)
- Creator
- White, Nicholas > (ed.)
- Contributor
- Akass, Kim
- Publish Year
- 2007
- Shelfmark
- WER 33 2007
- Thesaurus
- romans, films, televisie, kranten, echtscheidingen, relaties, liefde, normen, recht, politiek, vrouwbeelden, Europa, Rusland, Verenigde Staten, 18e eeuw, 19e eeuw, 20e eeuw
- Description
- This study offers an account of the depiction of divorce across the northern hemisphere in novels, films, journalism and television. Scholars from the UK and North America contributed to this volume. The first contribution is on divorce in a number of early women's novels in Germany, 1784-1848. In most other western literatures, divorce becomes an important subject matter of fiction from the mid-nineteenth century. A relationship is found between the legal possibilites of divorce and the depiction of divorce in fiction. Other contributions are on literatures from the UK, France, Scandinavia, America, and Russia, and on twentieth century American films. A chapter is on the late twentieth century lesbian romance. The book ends with the subjects of separation and divorce in the contemporary American television series 'The Sopranos'.