Now available in a durable paperback edition, Shari Benstock's critically acclaimed, best-selling Women of the Left Bank is a fascinating exploration of the lives and works of some two dozen American, English, and French women whose talent shaped the Paris expatriate experience in the century's early years.
This ambitious historical, biographical, and critical study has taken its place among the foremost works of literary criticism. Maurice Beebe calls it "a distinguished contribution to modern literary history." Jane Marcus hails it as "the first serious literary history of the period and its women writers, making along the way no small contribution to our understanding of the relationships between women artists and their male counterparts, from Henry James to Hemingway, Joyce, Picasso, and Pound."
If you believe the usual literary histories, the early 20th-century modernist movement in English literature was, Gertrude Stein excepted, a movement of men. Benstock restores the roles of such remarkable women as Djuna Barnes, Jean Rhys, Sylvia Beach, and Janet Flanner in the history of the time, revealing what she calls the "underside of the cultural canvas." The book is thorough and wonderfully descriptive, offering both a literary history and a portrait of the lives of creative women. --Maria Dolan
It is one thing to teach about women; it is another to change the way students and teachers think-and an even larger step to change the way they shape their own lives and the life of the community. This collection brings together historical perspectives from the founding mother's of women's studies and voices of contemporary women's studies practitioners and activists, creating a rich dialogue about ways to foster consciousness and social change.
Reflective narratives and pedagogical essays advance the importance of promoting active learning, as well as restoring the accomplishments of activists and women's studies practitioners in moving modern mountains, within and outside of institutions, in the United States and beyond. The work goes beyond the classroom, looking at a variety of individual and community projects that help shape an activist consciousness: advocacy work for battered women, teaching grassroots microedit strategies, lobbying for gay and lesbian rights educational projects, and community organizing.
The volume offers critical insight into the impact of institutionalization, changing concepts of activism, partnering with communities, and how all of this is shaped by the current conservative climate. Collectively, the pieces suggest strategies for renewing and strengthening the ties between activists and women's studies.
A rTi SiAnS Arti sanSBoOkS BoOkS ArTiSaNs Collectible Hardcoverswith Dust Jackets protected in new Brodart mylar
Reliable Service Delivery ConfirmationQuick Shipping
Dedicated to providing each customer with the highest service standardAll books well stored, clean, sticker free, graded to industry standards for new and used books. Careful Packaging, Shipping Email with Delivery confirmation tracking
PayPal Guest option available forshopping convenience
Shipping Discounts -- Standard Shipping $3.49 additional items $1.75
-- Expedited Shipping $4.99 additional items $2.42
-- International $12.91 additional items $7.96
Our E-mail: artisans@artisians.org
BoOkS ArTiSaNS Arti sanSb oOks ArTi SiAnS
ArTiSiAnS ArTi SaNsBoOkS BoOkS ArTiSaNs