119:" text (although that term and that genre are contested) and a notable example of a feminist text featuring erotic (some would say 'pornographic') content and this has been widely debated in literary circles with particular reference to the concept of abject bodies and abjection. Ettler herself describes the novel as a 'postmodern parody' rather than 'grunge'.
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