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1.

Becoming and Bonding: Contemporary Feminism and Popular Fiction by American Women Writers » Read Now
by Katherine B. Payant. 246 pgs.

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Expounding the view that the feminist movement has both encouraged and enriched literature by women, Katherine Payant examines a large body of immensely popular but, for the most part, critically neglected fiction of the period from the late 1960s through the early 1990s, relating these writers and...
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Expounding the view that the feminist movement has both encouraged and enriched literature by women, Katherine Payant examines a large body of immensely popular but, for the most part, critically neglected fiction of the period from the late 1960s through the early 1990s, relating these writers and works to the women's movement and feminist theories. The study concentrates on popular fiction, which is seen as evidence of the widespread influence of feminism and as a vehicle for dissemination of "mainstream" feminist ideas. Chapters dealing with the 1970s and 1980s survey relevant feminist theories and tie them to representative novels. Chosen for special focus in individual chapters are Marge Piercy, Mary Gordon, and Toni Morrison, who reflect divergent perspectives on feminism. Written in accessible prose, this work will deepen the appreciation of readers of these novelists and increase their understanding of the effect of social movements on the arts.
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The Politics of the Feminist Novel » Read Now
by Judi M. Roller. 208 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...twentieth- centurys feminist novels...Henry Hazlitt, "Literature versus Opinion...Feminism and Literature," Images of Women in Fiction: Feminist Perspectives...example, in...
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The Resisting Reader: A Feminist Approach to American Fiction » Read Now
by Judith Fetterley. 198 pgs.

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New Women, New Novels: Feminism and Early Modernism » Read Now
by Ann L. Ardis. 205 pgs.

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Feminism 3: The Third Generation in Fiction » Read Now
by Irene Zahava. 290 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...what do we ask of a mature feminist literature? How do we take our place in...our switch. Our generation of feminist writers should no longer be...inheritors and...
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American Feminist Theory, in American Studies International » Read Now
by Ann R. Cacoullos. 46 pgs.

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...flourishing of feminist thought. The fact that the literature is packed with...psychoanalytical theory in feminist readings of...imaginative texts in literature, a trend...
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Feminist Alternatives: Irony and Fantasy in the Contemporary Novel by Women » Read Now
by Nancy A. Walker. 224 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

This analytical survey of contemporary fiction is a study of more than twenty-five novels written by women during a twenty-year period of rapid socio-cultural change resulting from the philosophy & goals of the contemporary women's movement. Winner of the 1990 Eudora Welty Prize.
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"Men Can't Be That Bad": Realism and Feminist Fiction in the 1970s, in American Literary History » Read Now
by Lisa Maria Hogeland. 19 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...thing about the questions of literature. Joan writes because she writes...along with such unambiguously feminist writers as Kate Millett, Marge...Beyond Feminist...
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Mappings: Feminism and the Cultural Geographies of Encounter (includes "Craving Stories: Narrative and Lyric in Feminist Theory and Poetic Practice") » Read Now
by Susan Stanford Friedman. 308 pgs.

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In this powerful work, Susan Friedman moves feminist theory out of paralyzing debates about us and them, white and other, first and third world, and victimizers and victims. Throughout, Friedman adapts current cultural theory from global and transnational studies, anthropology, and geography to...
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In this powerful work, Susan Friedman moves feminist theory out of paralyzing debates about us and them, white and other, first and third world, and victimizers and victims. Throughout, Friedman adapts current cultural theory from global and transnational studies, anthropology, and geography to challenge modes of thought that exaggerate the boundaries of gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, class, and national origin. The author promotes a transnational and heterogeneous feminism, which, she maintains, can replace the proliferation of feminisms based on difference. She argues for a feminist geopolitical literacy that goes beyond fundamentalist identity politics and absolutist poststructuralist theory, and she continually focuses the reader's attention on those locations where differences are negotiated and transformed.
Pervading the book is a concern with narrative: the way stories and cultural narratives serve as a primary mode of thinking about the politically explosive question of identity. Drawing freely on modernist novels, contemporary film, popular fiction, poetry, and mass media, the work features narratives of such writers a
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Crossing the Double-Cross: The Practice of Feminist Criticism (includes "Crossing the Double-Cross: The Concept of 'Difference' and Feminist Literary Criticism") » Read Now
by Elizabeth A. Meese. 180 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...transformative--within literature by suggesting the common motive that feminist writers share...Feminism and literature--United States. 3. Feminist literary...
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Lost in Space: Probing Feminist Science Fiction and Beyond » Read Now
by Marleen S. Barr. 231 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...questions led me to feminist science fiction--literature that ranges beyond...probes the imaginative literature called feminist science fiction. Part...depictions of...
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Death and the Mainstream: Lesbian Detective Fiction and the Killing of the Coming-Out Story, in Feminist Studies » Read Now
by Anna Wilson. 28 pgs.

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...a significant feature of lesbian and feminist publishers lists. 1 The lesbian detective...deviations from classic, hard-boiled, or feminist detective norms. However, a...
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Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature » Read Now
by Kathy J. Whitson. 302 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Many women writers have secured a solid place in the literary canon, while others have remained marginalized. This reference includes alphabetically arranged entries on roughly 70 women writers whose works are widely read in English, and on some 20 related topics. While some of the writers profiled...
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Many women writers have secured a solid place in the literary canon, while others have remained marginalized. This reference includes alphabetically arranged entries on roughly 70 women writers whose works are widely read in English, and on some 20 related topics. While some of the writers profiled are widely known, others have not yet received as much attention. And while most of the writers are from England and America, the volume also profiles Chilean, Brazilian, Indian, South African, Australian, French, and German authors. The writers selected are feminist, in that their works have challenged traditional gender roles, explored female oppression, or critiqued patriarchal social structures. In addition to providing biographical information, the entries include interpretative summaries of major works.
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The Feminist Encyclopedia of German Literature » Read Now
by Friederike Eigler, Susanne Kord. 684 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Today, a multiplicity of feminist approaches has become an integral part of the fields of German literary and cultural studies. This comprehensive reference provides a much needed synthesis of the contribution women have made to German literature and culture. In entries for more than 500 topics, the...
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Today, a multiplicity of feminist approaches has become an integral part of the fields of German literary and cultural studies. This comprehensive reference provides a much needed synthesis of the contribution women have made to German literature and culture. In entries for more than 500 topics, the volume surveys literary periods, epochs, and genres; critical approaches and theories; important authors and works; female stereotypes; laws and historical developments; literary concepts and themes; and organizations and archives relevant to women and women's studies. Each entry offers a concise identification of the term, a discussion of its significance, and a bibliography of works for further reading.
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The Feminist Encyclopedia of French Literature » Read Now
by Eva Martin Sartori. 638 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

The earliest known literary productions by women living in Europe were probably by French writers. French women have contributed enormously to world literature for centuries, but only a few have been judged worthy of recognition by mostly male critics. As part of the feminist move to reclaim women...
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The earliest known literary productions by women living in Europe were probably by French writers. French women have contributed enormously to world literature for centuries, but only a few have been judged worthy of recognition by mostly male critics. As part of the feminist move to reclaim women writers and to rethink literary history, scholars have given growing amounts of attention to French women writers and their substantial contribution. This reference book provides extensive information about French women writers and the world in which they lived. Included are several hundred alphabetically arranged entries for authors, genres, literary movements, institutions, events, and organizations related to French literature. Each entry summarizes feminist thought on the topic, and provides bibliographical information. The volume begins with a feminist history of French literature and concludes with a selected bibliography and a chronological list of French women writers.
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The Feminist Encyclopedia of Italian Literature » Read Now
by Rinaldina Russell. 406 pgs.

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Over the last 20 years, there has been an increasing interest in feminist views of the Italian literary tradition. While feminist theory and methodology have been accepted by the academic community in the U.S., the situation is very different in Italy, where such work has been done largely outside...
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Over the last 20 years, there has been an increasing interest in feminist views of the Italian literary tradition. While feminist theory and methodology have been accepted by the academic community in the U.S., the situation is very different in Italy, where such work has been done largely outside the academy. Among nonspecialists, knowledge of feminist approaches to Italian literature, and even of the existence of Italian women writers, remains scant. This reference work, the first of its kind on Italian literature, is a companion volume for all who wish to investigate Italian literary culture and writings, both by women and by men, in light of feminist theory. Included are alphabetically arranged entries for authors, schools, movements, genres and forms, figures and types, and similar topics related to Italian literature from the Middle Ages to the present. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and summarizes feminist thought on the subject. Entries provide brief bibliographies, and the volume concludes with a selected, general bibliography of major studies.
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