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Mediating the (Terms of the) Exchange: Female Mediumship and Resistance in Henry James's In the Cage

Panel: 
Nineteenth-Century British Literature and Culture
Abstract: 

This paper examines the portrayal of female communications mediumship in In the Cage, arguing that its protagonist ultimately destabilizes patriarchal power structures by obstructing the system of the exchange of knowledge which appropriates womens bodies as passive facilitators of communication.

Presenter Information
First Name: 
Giulia
Last Name: 
Hoffmann
Institution: 
University of California, Riverside