Two faces of the feminist dystopia in the United Kingdom: Sophie Mackintosh and Rebecca Ley

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  • Marta Olivi Università degli Studi di Bologna

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https://doi.org/10.54103/2035-7680/19135

Abstract

Two faces of the feminist dystopia in the United Kingdom: Sophie Mackintosh and Rebecca Ley

A conversation with Sophie Mackintosh and Rebecca Ley

by Marta Olivi

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Biografia autore

Marta Olivi, Università degli Studi di Bologna

Marta Olivi is a PhD student of Modern Languages, Literatures and Culture at the University of Bologna. She is enrolled to a European curriculum focused on Gender and Women’s Studies (EDGES) which includes a cotutelle with the University of Utrecht. Her research interests cover contemporary English literature, feminist dystopias and materialism, and her research project consists in a materialistic analysis of food in contemporary feminist dystopias. She is also a literary translator from English to Italian.

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Pubblicato

2022-11-30

Come citare

Olivi, Marta. 2022. «Two Faces of the Feminist Dystopia in the United Kingdom: Sophie Mackintosh and Rebecca Ley». Altre Modernità, n. 28 (novembre):330-41. https://doi.org/10.54103/2035-7680/19135.

Fascicolo

N. 28 (2022): Parole, poteri e pandemie

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Interviste Entrevistas Entretiens Interviews

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