Bøker av Cynthia G. Franklin

This investigation of the politics and production of feminist anthologies, explores the identities of women of colour, Jewish women, working class women, and lesbians. It shows how such anthologies have become a way for women to identify and build communities founded upon the politics of identity.

Since the early 1990s, there has been a proliferation of memoirs by tenured humanities professors. Based on close readings of memoirs by such academics as Michael Berube, Cathy Davidson, Jane Gallop, bell hooks, Jane Tompkins, and Marianne Torgovnick, this title considers why so many professors write memoirs and what cultural capital they carry.