Bowlby, Rachel
BOWLBY, Rachel
BOWLBY, Rachel. British, b. 1957. Genres: Literary criticism and history, Women's studies and issues. Career: Sussex University, Brighton, East Sussex, England, lecturer in English, 1984-93, professor of English, 1994-97; Oxford University, professor of English, 1997-99; York University, professor of English and French, 1999-. Publications: Just Looking, 1985; Virginia Woolf: Feminist Destinations, 1988; Still Crazy After All These Years, 1992; Shopping with Freud, 1993; Feminist Destinations and Further Essays on Virginia Woolf, 1997; Carried Away: The Invention of Modern Shopping, 2000. Address: Dept of English, York University, York YO10 5DD, England. Online address: [email protected]
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