A Country of Their Own: Writing Scotland as a Woman

Monografija u prvi plan stavlja stvaralaštvo pet autorica škotskog porijekla koje su se u književno-kulturološkim životu Škotske pojavile mahom u periodu druge polovine osamdesetih. Namjeravajući da korigira sliku o škotskoj književnosti i kulturi kao prevashodno hetero-androcentričnoj, knjiga istražuju načine na koje Kathleen Jamie, Liz Lochhead, Sharman Macdonald, Rona Munro, i Agnes Owens kroz svoje pjesništvo, dramske tekstove, kratke priče i esejistiku šire obrise literarne Škotske i preispituju savremeni škotski identitet. Primjenjujući principe feminističkih i rodnih studija, te po potrebi i teatarskih studija i ekokritike, monografija se kroz svojih šest analitičkih poglavlja fokusira i na prikazivanja prepleta ženskog, regionalnog i klasnog identiteta.

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This monograph foregrounds the works of five Scottish women authors, most of whom began contributing to the literary and cultural life of Scotland in the latter half of the 1980s. Aiming to challenge the predominantly hetero-androcentric perception of Scottish literature and culture, the book focuses on selected plays, poems, short fiction, and essays by Kathleen Jamie, Liz Lochhead, Sharman Macdonald, Rona Munro, and Agnes Owens. Each of the six analytical chapters explores the ways in which these authors have expanded the boundaries of Scotland’s literary landscape and questioned the nation’s contemporary identity. Informed by feminist and gender studies, and, where relevant, by theatre studies and ecocriticism, the book also examines representations of women’s identity at the intersection of gender, region, and class.