Writing Women's Communities : The Politics and Poetics of Contemporary Multi-Genre Anthologies.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (282 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Writing across Communities -- 2. Another 1981: From This Bridge Called My Back to Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo Caras -- 3. Coming Out and Staying Home: Nice Jewish Girls and Home Girls -- 4. The Making and Unmaking of Asian American Identity: Making Waves and The Forbidden Stitch -- 5. (Un)Common Class Identities in the United States and Britain: Calling Home and The Common Thread -- 6. Around 1996: Re-Placing Identity Politics from the "Racial Paradise" of Hawai'i -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
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American literature-Women authors-History and criticism-Theory, etc. Communities in literature. Literary form. Literature publishing-Political aspects-United States-History-20th century. Politics and literature-United States-History-20th century. Women and literature-United States-History-20th century.