Women, feminist identity and society in the 1980's : selected papers / edited by Myriam Díaz-Diocaretz and Iris M. Zavala.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Díaz-Diocaretz, Myriam.

Zavala, Iris M.

Conference Name:

Utrecht Summer School of Critical Semiotics (1st : 1984)

Series:

Critical theory ; 1.

Critical theory ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women's studies--Congresses.

Women's studies.

Feminism--Congresses.

Feminism.

Women--Social conditions--Congresses.

Women.

Semiotics and literature--Congresses.

Semiotics and literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : Benjamins, 1985.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The general objective of this volume is to present and discuss different modes of existence in women's texts and feminist identity in political and poetic discourse on the one hand, and to analyze the factors which determine differing relationships between women and society, and which result in specific forms of identity on the other. The essays in this volume explore language, gender, mass media, sexuality, class and social change, women's identity as Blacks and in the Third World as well as the nature of domination, feminine criticism and female creativity.

Contents:

WOMEN, FEMINIST IDENTITY AND SOCIETY IN THE 1980's SELECTED PAPERS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; FOREWORD; Acknowledgments; REFERENCES; KEYNOTE ADDRESS; NOTES TOWARD A POLITICS OF LOCATION; NOTES; REFERENCES; SEMIOTIC THEORY: SEXUALITY, LITERATURE AND CULTURE; FEMALE DESIRE AND SEXUAL IDENTITY; REFERENCES; BLACK NORTH-AMERICAN WOMEN POETS IN THE SEMIOTICS OF CULTURE; Introduction; CULTURE-EXTRACULTURAL SPACE; Some Mechanisms of Exclusion at Work; White Women's Movement vs. the Black Poet; MEMORIZING MECHANISMS:THE BLACK POET AND THE ALIEN TEXT

Oral Tradition as Pre-existent Literary Text The Bible Transposed; The Social Text; CONGENIAL DIALOGISM; Black North-American Music; Longing for Africa: The Missing Sign; African Spectrum: Seven Glances; INTERTEXTUAL POLEMIC FACTOR; Against the Forces of the Oppressor's Codes; Humour, Parody, Laughter as Cultural Transgressions; SIGN PROVIDER/SIGN PERCEIVER INTERACTION; REFERENCES; 1. Sources; 2. General; PRACTICAL CRITICISM: LAW, RACISM AND ART; WOMEN'S RIGHTS AS HUMAN RIGHTS: LATIN AMERICANCOUNTRIES AND THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES (OAS); Women and Latin America.

Latin American legal provisions regarding women. The constitutions.; Civil law.; Criminal law.; Labour Law.; The feminist struggle in the legal area. How and where.; Concluding remarks.; NOTES; REFERENCES; RACISM IN EVERYDAY EXPERIENCES OF BLACK WOMEN; Introduction; Interdisciplinary framework; Women studies: black and white; The problem; Method; Everyday racism; A. House hunting; B. Contacts with neighbors; C. Work; D. School; Racism and Sexism; Interpretation strategies in the detection of implicit discrimination; An interpretation fragment; 1. Own previous experiences.

2. Comparison with other people.3. Own observations; 4. Comparison with similar situations.; 5. General beliefs, opinions, expectations and other cognitions; 6. Comparison with other (black people).; 7. Opinions of others; NOTE; REFERENCES; ""I FOUND GOD IN MYSELF AND I LOVED HER/ I LOVED HER FIERCELY"": MORE THOUGHTS ON THE WORK OF BLACK WOMEN ARTISTS.; THE SECOND BIBLE QUILT; OF HARRIET POWERS; NOTES; REFERENCES; Concluding Remarks; REFERENCES; Contributors Notes

Notes:

Papers presented at the Utrecht Summer School of Critical Semiotics, held May 31-June 2, 1984.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-32869-0

9786613328694

90-272-7975-6

OCLC:

648660502