Manifesting Literary Feminisms: Nexus and Faultlines

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Abstract

A broad mapping of the development of Australian literary feminisms in light of literary feminisms elsewhere and, more locally, in relation to the development of Australian literary studies illuminates the complex state of contemporary literary feminisms in this country: how today's feminist scholars and writers are identifying key issues (often ones that loomed large in the past, but sometimes reconfigured) and responding to them in particular ways.

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Published 1 November 2009 in Volume 31 No. 1, Manifesting Australian Literary Feminisms: Nexus and Faultlines. Subjects: Feminism.

Cite as: Henderson, Margaret and Ann Vickery. ‘Manifesting Literary Feminisms: Nexus and Faultlines.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 24, no. 3-4, 2009, doi: 10.20314/als.0bb998c383.

  • Margaret Henderson — Margaret Henderson is Associate Professor in Literature at the University of Queensland, Australia.