Brutal Choreographies: Oppositional Strategies and Narrative Design in the Novels of Margaret Atwood

Draws on recent feminist and psychoanalytic theory to examine Atwood's seven novels chronologically, clarifying the relationships among the novels and providing a close analysis of their psychological and political concerns and preoccupations. A novelist of both popular and literary appeal, Atwood (b.1939) provokes confrontation with such issues as domestic and sexual violence, eating disorders, pornography, problems with body-self image, and gender and power politics. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.