
Word.
On Being a [Woman] Writer
Jocelyn Burrell(Editor)
Feminist Press at The City University of New York
Will be published approx. on 17. June 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-55861-467-3 (ISBN)
Description
From Margaret Atwood to Edwidge Danticat, Assia Djebar to Luisa Valenzuela, some of the world's most famous literary voices mediate on what it means to be a woman writer.
Despite their increased visibility, women who write are still thought to be different—sometimes celebrated, sometimes viewed with suspicion and condescension. This fresh collection brings together an international host of women who explore, defy, and embrace "the woman writer": an indispensable muse to some, a troublesome burden to others, a defiant, even life-threatening identity to others still. Taking nothing—certainly not the meanings of "woman" or "writer"—as given, these writers explore the varied pleasures and dangers of writing as women in the contemporary world.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 227 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55861-467-3 (9781558614673)
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Persons
Jocelyn Burrell is formerly an editor at the Feminist Press and a member of the South End Press collective.