Youngjoo Son

Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. Rewriting Private and Public Spaces Introduction Chapter One 1. anguish of the home discord: Refiguring Domestic Space in Sons and Lovers 2. Reversing Gender and Space in The Rainbow Chapter Two 1. Refiguring Domestic Space: Sketch of the Past and Mrs. Dalloway 2. Spatializing Feminism 3. Remodeling Public Space Part II. Remolding Home and Nation Introduction Chapter Three 1. Revisiting Home/Nation 2. Imperialism and the Discourse of Home 3. Demolishing Home/

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