"The project of a feminist (and political) re-reading of the essay genre is so needed that ...I wondered why this had not been thought of before." - Leslie W. Rabine. As a genre that has been defined and theorized extensively, the essay raises particularly interesting questions for feminists. While it has often been described in "feminine" terms - ...
That literature is a form of social action has been an implicit assumption of feminist literary criticism since its emergence in academia some 25 years ago. This assumption has served not only to heighten the awareness of gender construction and response in literature, but also to redefine the process and goals of literary criticism itself. Three ...
A collection of work on American feminist scholarship that has appeared since the publication of the first "Signs Reader" in 1983. The volume has an interdisciplinary focus for the presentation and discussion of wide and complex issues of gender. The text also focuses on many recent areas of debate in feminist research, such as the intersection of ...
Women in German Yearbook is a refereed publication that presents a wide range of feminist approaches to all aspects of German literary, cultural and language studies, including pedagogy. Each issue contains critical studies on the work, history, life, literature and arts of women in the German-speaking world, reflecting the interdisciplinary ...
A volume of 16 articles originally pubished in "Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society". The articles address a number of discussions, including the theoretical tradition of political economy, the importance of class relations for understanding historical events and social relationships, and the expansion of concepts from political economy ...
This volume of articles from "Signs" offers contributions to the debates on history and theory. The articles address a number of discussions, including the theoretical tradition of political economy, the importance of class relations for understanding historical events and social relationships, and the expansion of concepts from political economy ...
Studying a period of German literary history the text examines the social and cultural milieu of 19th-century women writers, along with the layers of interpretation and representation that inform their writing. The text demonstrates that these writings offer opportunities to examine such critical topics as canon formation; the relationship between ...
Women in German Yearbook is a refereed publication that presents a wide range of feminist approaches to all aspects of German literary, cultural and language studies, including pedagogy. Each issue contains critical studies on the work, history, life, literature and arts of women in the German-speaking world, reflecting the interdisciplinary ...
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