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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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Susan Ostrov Weisser
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
- INTRODUCTION 1
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I. SISTERS UNDER THE SKIN?
- 1. U.S. ACADEMICS AND THIRD-WORLD WOMEN : IS ETHICAL RESEARCH POSSIBLE? 21
- 2. SCOLDING LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU? THE PROBLEMATICS OF SISTERHOOD IN FEMINIST CRITICISM 44
- 3. LOUISA SUSANNA McCORD: SPOKESWOMAN OF THE MASTER CLASS IN ANTEBELLUM SOUTH CAROLINA 62
- 4. WOMANISM REVISITED: WOMEN AND THE (AB)USE OF POWER IN THE COLOR PURPLE 88
- 5. MIXED BLOOD WOMEN : THE DYNAMIC OF WOMEN ' S RELATIONS IN THE NOVELS OF LOUISE ERDRICH AND LESLIE SILKO 106
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II. BONDS OF MOTHERHOOD
- 6. MOTHERS AND SISTERS: THE FAMILY ROMANCE OF ANTISLAVERY WOMEN WRITERS 125
- 7. TRUE CRIMES OF MOTHERHOOD: MOTHER-DAUGHTER INCEST, MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER, AND THE TRUE CRIME NOVEL 142
- 8. EQUALITY, OPPRESSION, AND ABORTION: WOMEN WHO OPPOSE ABORTION RIGHTS IN THE NAME OF FEMINISM 159
- 9. THE POLITICS OF SURROGACY NARRATIVES: NOTES TOWARD A RESEARCH PROJECT 189
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III. WOMEN IN THE HOUSE OF THE FATHER
- 10. WOMEN AT ODDS: BIBLICAL PARADIGMS 209
- 11 . POST-FEMINIST AND ANTI-WOMAN: THE REVOLUTIONARY REPUBLICAN W O M E N IN FRANCE, 1793-1794 225
- 12. THE BURDEN OF MYTHIC IDENTITY: RUSSIAN WOMEN AT ODDS WITH THEMSELVES 242
- 13. THE WONDERFUL-TERRIBLE BITCH FIGURE IN HARLEQUIN NOVELS 269
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IV. FAMILY LIKENESSES
- 14. THE PROBLEM OF SPEAKING FOR OTHERS 285
- 15. FEMINISM MEETS POST - COMMUNISM : THE CASE OF THE UNITED GERMANY 310
- 16. REHABILITATING MARY CRAWFORD: MANSFIELD PARK AND THE RELIEF OF "THROWING RIDICULE" 328
- 17. LOST IN SPACE BETWEEN "CENTER" AND "MARGIN": SOME THOUGHTS ON LESBIAN-FEMINIST DISCOURSE, BISEXUAL WOMEN , AND SPECULATIVE FICTION 343
- 18. IN THE ZONE OF AMBIVALENCE: A JOURNAL OF COMPETITION 358
- CONTRIBUTORS 393
- INDEX 399
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
- INTRODUCTION 1
-
I. SISTERS UNDER THE SKIN?
- 1. U.S. ACADEMICS AND THIRD-WORLD WOMEN : IS ETHICAL RESEARCH POSSIBLE? 21
- 2. SCOLDING LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU? THE PROBLEMATICS OF SISTERHOOD IN FEMINIST CRITICISM 44
- 3. LOUISA SUSANNA McCORD: SPOKESWOMAN OF THE MASTER CLASS IN ANTEBELLUM SOUTH CAROLINA 62
- 4. WOMANISM REVISITED: WOMEN AND THE (AB)USE OF POWER IN THE COLOR PURPLE 88
- 5. MIXED BLOOD WOMEN : THE DYNAMIC OF WOMEN ' S RELATIONS IN THE NOVELS OF LOUISE ERDRICH AND LESLIE SILKO 106
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II. BONDS OF MOTHERHOOD
- 6. MOTHERS AND SISTERS: THE FAMILY ROMANCE OF ANTISLAVERY WOMEN WRITERS 125
- 7. TRUE CRIMES OF MOTHERHOOD: MOTHER-DAUGHTER INCEST, MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER, AND THE TRUE CRIME NOVEL 142
- 8. EQUALITY, OPPRESSION, AND ABORTION: WOMEN WHO OPPOSE ABORTION RIGHTS IN THE NAME OF FEMINISM 159
- 9. THE POLITICS OF SURROGACY NARRATIVES: NOTES TOWARD A RESEARCH PROJECT 189
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III. WOMEN IN THE HOUSE OF THE FATHER
- 10. WOMEN AT ODDS: BIBLICAL PARADIGMS 209
- 11 . POST-FEMINIST AND ANTI-WOMAN: THE REVOLUTIONARY REPUBLICAN W O M E N IN FRANCE, 1793-1794 225
- 12. THE BURDEN OF MYTHIC IDENTITY: RUSSIAN WOMEN AT ODDS WITH THEMSELVES 242
- 13. THE WONDERFUL-TERRIBLE BITCH FIGURE IN HARLEQUIN NOVELS 269
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IV. FAMILY LIKENESSES
- 14. THE PROBLEM OF SPEAKING FOR OTHERS 285
- 15. FEMINISM MEETS POST - COMMUNISM : THE CASE OF THE UNITED GERMANY 310
- 16. REHABILITATING MARY CRAWFORD: MANSFIELD PARK AND THE RELIEF OF "THROWING RIDICULE" 328
- 17. LOST IN SPACE BETWEEN "CENTER" AND "MARGIN": SOME THOUGHTS ON LESBIAN-FEMINIST DISCOURSE, BISEXUAL WOMEN , AND SPECULATIVE FICTION 343
- 18. IN THE ZONE OF AMBIVALENCE: A JOURNAL OF COMPETITION 358
- CONTRIBUTORS 393
- INDEX 399
