1st Edition

A Readers Guide to Contemporary Feminist Literary Criticism

By Maggie Humm Copyright 1994
    320 Pages
    by Routledge

    320 Pages
    by Routledge

    This introduction to feminist literary criticism in its international contexts discusses a broad range of complex critical writings and then identifies and explains the main developments and debates within each approach. Each chapter has an easy-to-use format, comprising an introductory overview, an explanation of key themes and techniques, a detailed account of the work of specific critics, and a summary which includes critiques of the approach. Each chapter is accompanied by a guide to the primary texts and further reading.

    1. Introduction: The 1960s to the 1990s  2. Second Wave: de Beauvoir, Millett, Friedan, Greer  3. Myth Criticism: Daly, Pratt, Walker  4. Marxist and Socialist Feminist Criticism: Birmingham Centre, Barrett, Kaplan, Robinson  5. French Feminist Criticism: Ecriture and Etudes Feminines, Kristeva, Cixous, Irigaray  6. Psychoanalytical Criticism: Mitchell, Jacobus, Gilbert and Gubar  7. Poststructuralism, deconstruction, postmodernism: Spillers, Spivak, Blau DuPlessis  8. Black Feminisms: The African Diaspora: Overview, Walker, Lorde, Smith, Christian, Ngcobo  9. Lesbian Feminism: Wittig, Zimmerman, Anzaldua, Sedgwick and Queer Theory, Rule, Stimpson, Daly  10. Third World Feminist Criticism: Third Wave and Fifth Gear: India, Latin America, Sandoval, Mohanty, Anzaldua, Chow, Castellenos  11. Feminist Futures

    Biography

    Maggie Humm is a Professor in the School of Arts and Digital Industries at the University of East London.