Women, Feminist Identity and Society in the 1980s
Selected papers
Editors
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. The volume opens with a challenging question by the feminist poet Adrienne Rich, ‘Who is We?’
[Critical Theory, 1] 1985. x, 138 pp.
Publishing status:
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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ForewordIris M. Zavala | p. 1
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Keynote Address
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Notes Toward a Politics of LocationAdrienne Rich | p. 7
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Semiotic Theory: Sexuality, Literature and Culture
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Female Desire and Sexual IdentityRosalind Coward | p. 25
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Black North-American Women Poets in the Semiotics of CultureMyriam Díaz-Diocaretz | p. 37
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Practical Criticism: Law, Racism and Art
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Women's Rights as Human Rights: Latin American Countries and the Organization of American States (OAS)Cecilia Medina | p. 63
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Racism in Everyday Experiences of Black WomenPhilomena Essed | p. 81
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“I found God in Myself and I loved Her/I loved Her fiercely”: More Thoughts on the Work of Black Women ArtistsMichelle Cliff | p. 101
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Concluding RemarksIris M. Zavala | p. 127
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Contributors Notes | p. 137
Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CF: Linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General