In other words : writing as a feminist / edited by Gail Chester, Sigrid Nielsen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chester, Gail.

Nielsen, Sigrid.

Series:

Routledge library editions. Feminist theory ; 18.

Routledge library editions : Feminist theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women and literature--Great Britain.

Women and literature.

Feminism and literature--Great Britain.

Feminism and literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a book for all women writers, professional, amateur or aspiring, in which forty women talk about writing and the part it plays in their lives. Self-discovery, work, personal liberation, communication, hope for change - all these motives inspire these short and direct personal statements.The contributors come from very different backgrounds: some, like Sara Maitland, Rosemary Manning, Anna Livia, Suniti Namjoshi, are well known. Others are unpublished. In Other Words will provide practical support and encouragement for any woman who writes.

Contents:

IN OTHER WORDS Writing as a feminist; Copyright; In Other Words Writing as a feminist; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: writing as a feminist; Part One What Women Write; Imaginary ape or The one-eyed monkey answers questions; Poetry - who cares?; The controversial feminist; A double knot on the peeny; I tell my 3 year old she's real . . . : writing lesbian-feminist children's books; Women and fiction: how we present ourselves and others; Meandering towards an ordinary job; The art of non-fiction (or the social construction of aesthetic divisions)

Lesbian sexuality: joining the dotsWriting erotica; Part Two Taking Control; Lessons of history: beyond the male-stream classroom; Working in the word factory; Producing a feminist magazine; They tried to rip me off; Why there's a light-box where my typewriter should be - being a feminist publisher; I am a feminist and a journalist . . .; Translating as a feminist; What the hell is feminist editing?; Part Three Writing About Ourselves; T. S. Eliot never called himself a clerk; Writing for my mother; On being a late starter; Writing as a lesbian mother; Words are weapons; Leaving it 'til later

An apologyWriting as an Irish woman in England; Class conflicts; Young, gifted and getting there; Imprisoning vision: towards a non-visualist language; Part Four Support and Communication; Making connections: the collective working experience; Writer/worker/feminist; Not chance but a community: women and élitism in poetry; Women like us; Broadening visions; Voice; The script: a scene for four female characters; Resources section

Notes:

First published in 1987 by Hutchinson.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-18951-3

0-203-08411-X

1-283-84599-7

1-136-18952-1

9780203084113

OCLC:

821176198