[ James Joyce and the Problem of Justice: Negotiating Sexual and Colonial Difference[ JAMES JOYCE AND THE PROBLEM OF JUSTICE: NEGOTIATING SEXUAL AND COLONIAL DIFFERENCE ] By Valente, Joseph ( Author )May-01-2009 Paperback
This is the first full-length study of James Joyce to subject his work to ethical and political analysis. It addresses important issues in contemporary literary and cultural studies surrounding problems of justice, as well as discussions of gender, homosociality, and the colonial condition. Valente's focus alternates between the details of Joyce's language and the biographical and sociohistorical contexts that inform his writing, with particular attention paid to questions of race and gender.