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Commentators have suggested that Nella Larsen’s Passing rejects the view that there is some sort of black essence. I want to challenge this reading. Since Irene is the most vocal advocate of an essence in respect to which all blacks are... more
An introduction to the critical edition of Kathy Acker's early, mostly unpublished typescripts. In her introduction, Finch contextualizes Acker's literary experimentation in the early '70s within the frame of ongoing queer literary... more
This research contributes a detailed personal account of a FEMEN activist. It presents an autophenomenographic analysis of cultural artefacts, including a Retrospective Diary, resulting from the activity of Yelena Myshko in FEMEN between... more
This paper is interested in rekindling a conversation on the politics of form in feminist fiction (briefly) and critical writing (largely). While early debates on a women’s language or gynocriticism might seem so eighties now, what of... more
One of the most innovative and interesting areas of contemporary literary production is feminist genre fiction - the feminist appropriation of the generic 'popular' literary forms, including science fiction, fantasy, utopian fiction,... more
कृष्णा सोबती के रचनाशील व्यक्तित्व में अवज्ञा का स्वर प्रमुख है. ज़िंदगी में गहरे पैठ, समाज की परंपरागत जकड़बंदियों को अस्वीकार करते हुए, जीवन के भिन्न पक्ष से साक्षात्कार करने की बेचैनी, उनकी कृतियों का केंद्र है. ‘डार से बिछुड़ी’, ‘मित्रो... more
The first wave of the feminist women’s movement has begun the mid-19th century and it has continued to the early 20th century. Women have struggled for women's suffrage, education and employment. They have wanted to find a position to... more
Lihaaf Lihaaf or The Quilt, the controversial short story by Ismat Chughtai was published in 1941, way before Independence, in an Urdu Literary Journal titled Adaab-i-Latif. It is a story about repressed sexual desires, female sexuality... more
This paper presents an analysis of the detective fiction genre and its use by feminist writers to reveal the practices of race, class, and sexual politics in contemporary society. I begin with a brief survey of the conventions of... more
In the article the author analyzes selected poems by Kazimiera Komierowska. The text begins with the delineation of the situation of women as authors in the 19th century. Thereafter a brief biography of Komierowska is presented. In the... more
The play Top Girls written in 1982 is primarily based on women and their success, showing their experience from a modern point of view, discussing work, in relation to other women, questioning the success, and how far are they really... more
Και γιατί δεν γράφεις; Γράψε! Η γραφή είναι για σένα, εσύ για εσένα∙ το σώμα σου είναι δικό σου , πάρ’το. Ελέν Σιξού Το σημείο εκκίνησης για το πειραματικό εργαστήρι φεμινιστικής ανάγνωσης και γραφής είναι το κάλεσμα της γαλλίδας... more
Born into a society vehemently opposed to female education, Rassundari Devi (1810-1899) was a woman of her own kind at the time. The proposed essay intends to discuss Devi's autobiographical account, Amar Jiban (My Life, 1876), in the... more
Text to accompany Kate Millett: Fantasy Furniture at Salon 94
https://salon94.com/design/exhibitions/fantasy-furniture-1967
https://salon94.com/design/exhibitions/fantasy-furniture-1967
The article examines how representations of late socialism, seen through the eyes of adolescent girls, function in ‘quasi-autobiographical novels’ by Izabela Filipiak ("Absolutna amnezja" [Absolutne Amnesia], 1995) and Joanna Bator... more
Feminist reflections on four architectural projects presented at the Venice Biennale 2018.
During the early 20th century when white English women were writing by using pseudonyms, Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain a Muslim married woman (institutionally uneducated) wrote a science fiction. Despite barriers like gender, religion,... more
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German-language writer Franz Kafka (hereinafter Franz) has gained popularity and reached his eminence after the publication of his worldwide influential oeuvres, such as Metamorphosis and Castle. A stern patriarch is often... more
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is a contemporary Nigerian writer. I choose her work Dear Ijeawele, Or, A Feminist Manifesto In Fifteen Suggestions, as it gives suggestion for parenting in a feminist manner. A series of personal letter... more
आग लगे तेरी जवानी को ! रांबयां, खोल इसका फुनगियोंवाला परांदा...
Durch seine Kritik konventioneller Geschlechterverhältnisse kann das literarische und journalistische Werk Marianne Ehrmanns als repräsentativ für den Anspruch weiblicher Emanzipation zur Zeit der Aufklärung gelten. Zu Ehrmanns Lebenszeit... more
הקדמה לספר "בגוף ראשון" (פרדס, 2015) המציגה את הרציונל מאחורי עריכת ספר והבחירה להוציא המביא 8 סיפורי חיים אישיים של 8 חוקרות מגדר. וכן התייחסות לכל אחת מהמסות האישיות המופיעות בספר.
Manjula Padmanabhan has been one of the most potent literary voices in contemporary India. An artist, cartoonist, playwright, short story writer, journalist, children's author, novelist, she has always pursued us to rethink what it... more
Powerful writing as writing ‘with’ What are the alternatives? Organising for a socially and ecologically sustainable world By Jannick Friis Christensen Sarah Dunne Melissa Fisher Alexander Fleischmann Mary McGill Florence Villesèche... more
Blue is the quintessential novel of young adults in NYC – exploring friendships, jobs, life, family, relationships, and finding themselves. Set in current times with a love of the 1980s, it’s both a nostalgic look back (for those of us... more
An essay and a play that reveal the arc of a life through the lens of performative events.
“We don’t publish women’s literature”: censorship and auto-censorship of writing by women in Uganda KEYWORDS: Ugandan women’s writing. FEMRITE. African feminism. Censorship. Auto-censorship. The article analyzes cultural prejudices... more
"Zestawienie tych książek może budzić zdziwienie, a nawet sprzeciw wielu czytelników, którzy – słusznie – dostrzegają fundamentalne różnice dzielące oba utwory. A jednak obie te niewielkich rozmiarów książeczki mają w sobie wielką moc. To... more
RESUMO Este artigo pretende, sob uma nova ótica, discutir o que por muito tempo se abordou sobre a existência de uma escrita feminina mesmo de natureza essencialista e muitas vezes relegadas à margem da autoria masculina, bem como... more