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Jayne Cortez, Adrienne Rich, and the feminist superhero : voice, vision, politics, and performance in U.S. contemporary women's poetics / edited by Laura Hinton ; with art by Linda Stein.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rich, Adrienne, 1929-2012--Criticism and interpretation.
- Rich, Adrienne.
- Cortez, Jayne--Criticism and interpretation.
- Cortez, Jayne.
- American poetry--Women authors--History and criticism.
- American poetry.
- American poetry--20th century--History and criticism.
- Feminism and literature--United States--History--20th century.
- Feminism and literature.
- Women and literature--United States--History--20th century.
- Women and literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (323 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland ; London, [England] : Lexington Books, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This collection of essays on the topics of feminist voice, vision, and performance in political poetries by Jayne Cortez and Adrienne Rich includes visual art and commentary by the feminist sculptor Linda Stein. The book examines the rise of the American popular-culture female superhero-notably, Wonder Woman-exploring the textuality of female-poetic activism through this superhero theme.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Permissions; Illustrations; Introduction: Wondering about the Wonder Women in Contemporary American Feminist Poetry; Part I. ADRIENNE RICH: BECOMING "THE ROOFWALKER"; Chapter One. Adrienne Rich's Snapshots of a Daughter-In-Law: The Postwar Photo and the Power of Feminist Reframing; Chapter Two. From Fragility to Heroic Strength: Mapping the Female Body in Rich's Poetry and Prose; Chapter Three. Diving Into SEEK: Adrienne Rich and Social Movements at the City College of New York, 1968-1974
- Chapter Four. "Everyone. For a moment." Adrienne Rich's Public Poetics as HeroismFierce Females and Icons of Protection: A Feminist Artist and Activist Reflects on Her Journey through Sculpture and Multimedia Installations; Part II. JAYNE CORTEZ AND A "BLUES LADY / WITH THE BEADED FACE"; Chapter Five. Superheroic Subversion Through Music and Movement in Cortez's "Samba Is Power"; Chapter Six. Vision / Performance / Sound: A Body "Doubling into Woman-hood" in the Poetics of Jayne Cortez; Chapter Seven. "Drums Everywhere Drums": Questioning Object Violence in Jayne Cortez's Jazz Fan Looks Back
- Chapter Eight. Being New York City: The Audacity of Cortez's Urban PoetryIndex; About the Contributors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-24079-2
- 1-4985-2874-0
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