International Women's Writing

This collection of essays on women''s writing since 1945 is the first to explore the diversity of female identity as it is expressed in the literatures of Africa India Latin America the Caribbean Western Europe Russia Canada (Quebec) and the United States (including texts by African Chinese Hispanic and Jewish American writers). The essays address the issues of sexism racism classism heterosexism and colonialism in the construction of identity. They employ a wide range of methodologies from socio-criticism to postmodernism and exhibit the breadth and scope of current feminist literary theories. The main focus is on the interrelationships between female identity and place where place suggests both physical and metaphorical space.