Feminist Theory Across Disciplines

Name: Feminist Theory Across Disciplines
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Defying traditional definitions of public and private as gendered terms, and broadening discussion of women\u2019s writing in relation to feminist work done in other fields, this study addresses American women\u2019s poetry from the seventeenth to late-twentieth century. Engaging the fields of literary criticism, anthropology, psychology, history, political theory, religious culture, cultural studies, and poetics, this study provides entry into some of the founding feminist discussions across disciplines, moving beyond current scholarship to pursue an interpretation of feminism\u2019s defining interests and assumptions in the context of women\u2019s writing. The author emphasizes and explores how women\u2019s writing expresses their active participation in community and civic life, emerging from and shaping a woman\u2019s selfhood as constituted through relationships, not only on the personal level, but as forming community commitments. This distinctive formation of the self finds ex.