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Well Done
The author not only argues for feminism, but she does so in a unique manner, and innovative approach by arguing for feminism across borders.She compares and defines literary and national borders.This book is extremely thorough on all aspects of Chicana feminist writing available, by engaging historical theories as well as contemporary notions.To really grasp the experience, the author has certainly covered her basis in terms of depth, substance, truth and validity. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. American - Hispanic American    3. American fiction    4. Caribbean & Latin American    5. Feminism and literature    6. Feminist    7. History    8. History and criticism    9. Literary Criticism    10. Literature - Classics / Criticism    11. Mexican American authors    12. Mexican-American Border Region    13. Sociology    14. United States    15. Ethnic studies    16. Feminism    17. Latin-American Spanish    18. Literary theory    19. Social Science / Ethnic Studies    20. USA   

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Superb criticism.
This important study is highly astute in its analysis--and very accessible.Ratcliffe is a first-rate thinker and writer.

A wonderful book
Three great geniuses are presented here. Where would we be without the unbelievably courageous Mary Daly? And Virginia Woolf is still an important early voice, especially as presented by Jane Marcus and other brilliantradicals. As for Rich, is there a more brilliant writer in"America" today? I think not.

magnificent
This book dares to include three of the very greatest writers of the century. Mary Daly is the incredibly courageous voice of contemporary radical feminism, Woolf is still valuable for her essays, and Adrienne Rich is a truly visionary poet who has changed the way contemporary discourse isconducted. A wonderful book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. American - General    3. American literature    4. English-speaking countries    5. Feminism and literature    6. History    7. History and criticism    8. Literature - Classics / Criticism    9. Sociology    10. Women As Authors (American Literature)    11. Women As Authors (English Literature)    12. Women and literature    13. Women authors    14. Daly, Mary    15. English    16. Literary studies: general    17. Novels, other prose & writers    18. Rich, Adrienne Cecile    19. USA    20. Views on feminism    21. Women's studies    22. Woolf, Virginia   

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New Elements on Mistral's Life and Beliefs.
Gabriela Mistral, private and public. There's been much debate about the subject but Fiol-Matta takes it further and amplifies it. In the book, she touches on Mistral's possible Lesbianism or in a White-Race supremacy belief before turning into the defender of Native Americans and Mestizos. She also talks about the use of pictures and other visual elements to create Mistral's image. The book is not easy to read, but brings new aspects on Mistral's life to counterback her "Mythical" and "Sanctified" Image. And as the author says, it is an opportunity to re-read the author's work, one of Latin America's Finest.

Gabriela unveiled
A work of scholarship accessible to all. It reads like a novel. Queer Mother is fresh, creative and audacious in its analysis of Gabriela Mistral's historical importance. It removes the veil from Gabriela and gives her back to her Latin American public. This time she is real, human and possibly gay.I loved Ines Munoz's letters to Gabriela...juicy stuff! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1889-1957    2. 20th century    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Caribbean & Latin American    5. Chile    6. Feminism and literature    7. Gender Studies    8. History    9. Latin America    10. Literary    11. Literary Criticism    12. Mistral, Gabriela,    13. Political and social views    14. Sexual behavior    15. Sociology    16. Women    17. Women and literature    18. Women's Studies - General    19. Social & cultural anthropology   

Subjects:  1. Asia - General    2. Asian - General    3. Asian - Japanese    4. Feminism and literature    5. Heian period, 794-1185    6. History    7. History and criticism    8. Japan    9. Japanese literature    10. Literary Criticism    11. Literature - Classics / Criticism    12. To 1500    13. Women authors    14. Japanese    15. Literary studies: classical, early & medieval   

Subjects:  1. 19th Century American Novel And Short Story    2. 19th century    3. American - General    4. American fiction    5. Feminism in literature    6. History and criticism    7. Literary Criticism    8. Literature - Classics / Criticism    9. Women In Literature    10. Women authors    11. English    12. Literary Criticism & Collections / American    13. Novels, other prose & writers: 19th century    14. USA   

Editorial Review

One dare not even call it seminal, yet in this ground-breaking work, English novelist and historian Marina Warner casts herself as the female Joseph Campbell in a fascinating and lively book that opens with the observation that "storytelling makes women thrive -- and not exclusively women," and then lifts the veil on both tellers and tales ranging from Sibyl to the late, great Angela Carter, from Lot's daughters to Disney's "Little Mermaid." She finds a not-so-hidden history of women, sex, power, fear -- and even healing -- lurking therein. An eye-opening reworking of our common myth pool. ... Read more

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One of My Favorites
I read this book back in high school when I was just starting to get interested in fairy tale analysis.It's very indepth, well-written, and enjoyable.It's easy to understand and straightforward but offers so much information you're bound to learn something new. I highly recommend From the Beast to the Blonde to anyone that loves fairy tales or mythology.

There is witchcraft in your voice ...
Marina Warner writes absolutely beautiful prose, which alone is worth the price of this book. She is ... well, "enchanting" on the subject of myth as social commentary and psychological revelation. Excellent
Marina Warner's _From the Beast to the Blonde_ is a wonderful and engaging work concerning the cultural history of fairy tales.Warner explores the "stock characters" and stories of traditional tales, and in the process creates an excellent work of scholarship and criticism in an area of literature that has been relegated to the nursery, but didn't start there. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Fairy Tales    2. Feminist literary criticism    3. Folklore    4. Folklore & Mythology    5. History and criticism    6. Literary Criticism    7. Literature - Classics / Criticism    8. Women    9. Women In Literature   

Subjects:  1. Books & Reading    2. Books and reading    3. Feminism and literature    4. General    5. Literary Criticism    6. Literature - Classics / Criticism    7. Reader-response criticism    8. Semiotics & Theory    9. Women    10. Women in literature    11. English    12. Gender studies    13. Health & Fitness / General    14. Literary studies: general   

Subjects:  1. Femininity (Philosophy)    2. Feminism and literature    3. General    4. Sex (Psychology)    5. Sociology    6. Woman (Philosophy)    7. Women in literature    8. Topics in philosophy    9. Women's studies   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Feminism and literature    3. Feminist    4. History    5. History and criticism    6. Literary Criticism    7. Literature - Classics / Criticism    8. Science Fiction & Fantasy    9. Science fiction, American    10. United States    11. Women Authors    12. Women and literature    13. Literary studies: general    14. Novels, other prose & writers    15. Social Science / Women's Studies    16. Women's studies   

Subjects:  1. Developing countries    2. Feminism and literature    3. Feminist literary criticism    4. Gender Studies    5. Literature - Classics / Criticism    6. Social Science    7. Social conditions    8. Sociology    9. Women    10. Women In Literature    11. Women In Performing Arts    12. Anthropology    13. Cultural studies    14. Political Science / General   

Subjects:  1. European - General    2. European literature    3. Feminism and literature    4. Feminism in literature    5. History and criticism    6. Literary Criticism    7. Literature - Classics / Criticism    8. Renaissance    9. Renaissance, 1450-1600    10. Feminism    11. Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries    12. World history: c 500 to C 1500   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. American prose literature    3. Books & Reading    4. Feminism and literature    5. Feminist    6. Feminist fiction, American    7. History    8. History and criticism    9. Literature - Classics / Criticism    10. Social Science    11. Sociology    12. United States    13. Women Authors    14. Women's Studies - General    15. Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -    16. Social Science / Women's Studies   

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debunking the assumptions of universal experience
this book is a must have if you study any form of feminist fiction.judith fetterly breaks down how women portrayed in well known works in the western canon are seen as sexless shrews, hysterics, man-hating, and oversexed lunatics to name a few --but are tolerated or fetishized for their subservient placement in the system of male power.As long as they do nothing to challenge the power construct, and actually support it, they are portayed in a half cruel light and simulataneously worshipped as well.They don't buck the power and if they do they pay for it and are blamed any breakdowns in the natural systems of order as well.it will make you burn, burn, burn and that defiant, healthy way.and in that bad, bad, bad,way. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. American fiction    2. Feminism and literature    3. Feminist    4. Feminist fiction    5. History    6. History and criticism    7. Literary Criticism    8. Literature - Classics / Criticism    9. Literature: Classics    10. Theory, etc    11. United States    12. Women Authors    13. American English    14. Literary studies: general    15. Novels, other prose & writers   

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Essential theory
Teresa de Lauretis is possibly _the_ most quoted gender theorist after Foucault.Arguments in this book have been taken up by the likes of Judith Butler, Michael Warner, and Judith Halberstam. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Feminism    2. Feminism and literature    3. Feminism and motion pictures    4. Film & Video - History & Criticism    5. Performing Arts    6. Semiotics & Theory    7. Sociology    8. Sociology, Social Studies   

Subjects:  1. American literature    2. English literature    3. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    4. English-speaking countries    5. Feminism and literature    6. History and criticism    7. Rhetoric    8. Social Science    9. Sociology    10. Women authors    11. Women's Studies - General    12. Literary studies: general    13. Social Science / Women's Studies    14. Women's studies   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. American fiction    3. Feminism & Feminist Theory    4. Feminism and literature    5. General    6. History    7. History and criticism    8. Literature - Classics / Criticism    9. Semiotics & Theory    10. Sociology    11. United States    12. Utopias in literature    13. Women authors    14. Feminism    15. Literary studies: from c 1900 -    16. Literary theory   

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Excellent collection.
I bought this book hoping to find an essay or two for a college class I'm teaching. The book was so fascinating, I'm going to end up using more of it than I thought. Originally, I was going to photocopy the essays, now I'm just going to have my students buy the book. I would have given it 5 stars except for the "considerable repetition" mentioned above. What is strongest about this book is the different perspectives that it employs. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1860-1935    2. American - General    3. Feminism and literature    4. Gilman, Charlotte Perkins,    5. Literary Criticism    6. Literature - Classics / Criticism    7. Married women in literature    8. Mentally ill women in literature    9. United States    10. Yellow wallpaper   

Subjects:  1. (Mildred Augustine),    2. 1905-    3. 20th century    4. Characters    5. Children's Literature - General    6. Detective and mystery stories, American    7. Feminism and literature    8. History    9. History and criticism    10. Literary Criticism    11. Literature - Classics / Criticism    12. Mystery & Detective Fiction    13. Nancy Drew    14. United States    15. Wirt, Mildred A    16. Women and literature    17. Literary Criticism & Collections / Children's Literature   

Subjects:  1. Feminism and literature    2. Literature    3. Politics/International Relations    4. Rhetoric    5. Sociology    6. Women In Literature    7. Women and literature    8. Women authors    9. Women's Studies - History    10. Feminism    11. Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory   

Subjects:  1. English literature    2. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    3. Feminism and literature    4. Feminist    5. Great Britain    6. Handbooks, manuals, etc    7. History and criticism    8. Literary Criticism    9. Literature - Classics / Criticism    10. Reference    11. Women As Authors (American Literature)    12. Women As Authors (English Literature)    13. Women Authors    14. Women and literature    15. English    16. Literary Criticism & Collections / General    17. Literary studies: general    18. Literary theory    19. Literature/English | Literary Theory | Feminist Theory    20. USA    21. Women's studies