Feminist literacies, 1968-1975

by Flannery, Kathryn T.

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Full title :Feminist literacies, 1968-1975 / Kathryn Thoms Flannery.

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"In the late 1960s and early 1970s, ordinary women affiliated with the women's movement were responsible for a veritable explosion of periodicals, poetry, and manifestos, as well as performances designed to support "do-it-yourself" education and consciousness-raising. Kathryn Thoms Flannery discusses this outpouring and the group education, brainstorming, and creative activism it fostered as the manifestation of a feminist literacy quite separate from women' s studies programs and universities or the large-scale political workings of second-wave feminism. Seeking to break down traditional barriers such as the dichotomies of writer/reader or student/teacher, these new works also forged polemical alternatives to the forms of argumentation traditionally used to silence women, creating a space for fresh voices. Feminist literacies explores these truly radical feminist literary practices and pedagogies that flourished during a brief era of volatility and hope"--Cover.