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Writing Is Revision : Compositions from the Feminist Fringe / Cate McGowan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McGowan, Cate, author.
- Series:
- Arts, Creativities, and Learning Environments in Global Perspectives ; 13.
- Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2024.
- Arts, Creativities, and Learning Environments in Global Perspectives ; 13
- Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2024
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education.
- Social justice.
- Genre:
- Essays.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (154 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Compositions from the Feminist Fringe
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Through her use of the scholarly personal narrative and braided essay form, McGowan weaves strands of rhetoric with creative writing, navigating complex themes with academic rigor and emotional introspection. Her blend of equal parts humor, gravitas, and scholarship invites readers to explore the complexities of being a woman in a male-dominated world while looking at how writers might use coping mechanisms and transgressive workarounds, from code-switching to storytelling. With critical analyses of feminist discourse and a roadmap for navigating the ever-evolving landscape of gender politics, the essays in this book challenge us to rethink traditional thinking about gender and equality. Writing is Revision is a call to action, an ode to the power of the written word for anyone interested in feminism and literature.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- PART 1: Strands
- 1 What I Mean When I Talk about Women’s Lives
- 2 Literary Resistance
- 3 A Fight for Truth
- 4 A Fight for Words: L’esprit de l’escalier
- 5 Descanso
- 6 My Mother’s Voice
- 7 Wheel in the Sky
- 8 Writing Is Revision
- 9 Negative Capability
- PART 2: Construction
- 10 Primary Sources: My Fiction as Creative Dialectic
- 1 Crafting Truths
- 2 Close Readings
- 11 Coda
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-71237-2
- OCLC:
- 1477220653
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004712379 DOI
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