Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction. The Feminist World Of Love And Ritual 1
4. PART I: Yours In Sisterhood
5. 1. Love Letters to a New Me 23
6. 2. Feminist Epistolary Romance 40
7. 3. Velvet Boxing Gloves 59
8. PART II: Letter Writing and the Ethics of Care
9. 4. Theorizing Feminist Letters 79
10. 5. Mothers and Daughters in Correspondence 96
11. 6. Writing the Web: Letters from the Women’s Peace Movement 113
12. 7. Do Webs Work? Letters and the Clash of Communities 129
13. PART III: The Right to Be Cared For: Letters and the Life Cycle of a Social Movement
14. 8. Care Versus Autonomy: The Problem of (Loving) Men 147
15. 9. The Paradox of Care as a Right 164
16. 10. How Different Is E-mail? 178
17. 11. Care Ethics Online 194
18. PART IV: The Afterlife of Letters
19. 12. On Burning and Saving Letters 205
20. 13. On Stealing Letters: The Ethics of Epistolary Research 224
21. Conclusion 241
22. Notes 249
23. Bibliography 265
24. Acknowledgments 291
25. Index 299
26. Backmatter 313