Feminist Literary and Cultural Criticism explores interdisciplinary connections across Cultural Anthropology, Geography, Psychology, and feminist literary criticism to create a theoretical framework for spatial criticism. Utilizing the spatial gynocritics framework, the book analyzes texts from five different genres – short stories, novels, films, cartoons, and OTT series, all created by women. These creators represent a transnational collective from diverse regions including India, Uruguay, Spain, Argentina, and the USA, united by their concerns around gender, environment, technology, and social hierarchies.
The book focuses on the treatment of space, demonstrating that spatial logic and grammar are vital to feminist praxis. It explores how women creators destabilize, decenter, and deconstruct the social structures centered around power and control. By offering fresh analytic tools, this book contributes to the fields of literary theory, comparative cultural studies, gender studies, and feminist criticism. It is a must-read for students and faculty in these disciplines, providing new perspectives on texts.