The Madwoman Can't Speak

The Madwoman Can't Speak

Or why Insanity is Not Subversive

by Marta Caminero-Santangelo

224 pages
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In this work, the subversive madwoman first appropriated by feminist theorists and critics is re-evaluated. How, the author asks, can such a figure be subversive if she's effectively imprisoned, silent and unseen? Taking issue with a prominent strand of current feminist literary criticism, Caminero-Santangelo identifies a counternarrative in writing by women in the last half of the 20th century, one which rejects madness, even as a symbolic resolution.

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