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Corresponding in the Sex and Gender Revolution: Desire, Education and Feminist Letters 1970-2000

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Letters have long been an outlet for political expression, whether they articulate the personal politics of the daily routine or the political views of individuals who witness or participate in dramatic events. In addition, letters can be unusually revealing records of the relations between men and women. Though letters have frequently been studied as a privileged space for literary, social, and cultural expression, the three-dimensional relationship of politics, gender, and letters has not been the focus of an entire volume. The nineteen essays in this collection examine how the gendered nature of political literacy is revealed over a 250-year period through letter writing, whether the writer is famous or unknown, the wife of a prominent politician or activist, a political prisoner or political militant. Ranging wide in terms of subject matter and geography, the contributors examine correspondence that ponders familial concerns, as well as letters providing political commentary on the effects of war or revolution on everyday life. Among the impressive group of international scholars are Jim Allen, Clare Brant, Edith Gelles, Jane Rendall, and Siân Reynolds.

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  • Published

Publisher

Ashgate

Page range

253-270

Pages

17.0

Book title

Gender and Politics in the Age of Letter Writing, 1750-2000

ISBN

9780754638513

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  • English Publications

Research groups affiliated with

  • Centre for Life History and Life Writing Research Publications

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  • Yes

Editors

Caroline Bland, Máire Cross

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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