the politics and poetics of contemporary multi-genre anthologies /
First Statement of Responsibility
Cynthia G. Franklin.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Madison :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of Wisconsin Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c1997.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xi, 268 p. ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-255) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
1. Introduction: Writing across Communities -- 2. Another 1981: From This Bridge Called My Back to Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo Caras -- 3. Coming Out and Staying Home: Nice Jewish Girls and Home Girls -- 4. The Making and Unmaking of Asian American Identity: Making Waves and The Forbidden Stitch -- 5. (Un)Common Class Identities in the United States and Britain: Calling Home and The Common Thread -- 6. Around 1996: Re-Placing Identity Politics from the "Racial Paradise" of Hawai'i.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Exploring intersections and alliances across the often competing categories of race, class, gender, and sexuality, Writing Women's Communities contributes to current public debates about multiculturalism, feminism, identity politics, the academy as a site of political activism, and the relationship between literature and politics. Franklin points out that the anthology form breaks down distinctions between the "literary" and the "extra-literary" by including many genres. Noting the increasing movement of women of color into the academy in the 1980s and 1990s, she shows that the anthology provides a forum that enables the editors - often women working within universities - to reach and remain part of multiple communities.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Writing women's communities.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
American literature-- Women authors-- History and criticism-- Theory, etc.
Communities in literature.
Literary form.
Literature publishing-- Political aspects-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Politics and literature-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Women and literature-- United States-- History-- 20th century.