Woman Thinking

Feminism and Transcendentalism in Nineteenth-Century America

AvTiffany K. Wayne

Inbunden, Engelska, 2004

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This book explores the theoretical relationship between feminism and transcendentalism through the ideas and activism of prominent 19th century female thinkers and activists. By analyzing the work of such important figures in post-Civil War American intellectual life_such as Ednah Cheney, Caroline Dall, Margaret Fuller, and Elizabeth Oakes Smith_Tiffany Wayne demonstrates how transcendentalism provided a language with particular appeal to women and helped promote an emerging feminist movement with a similar goal of acknowledging women's right to self-development. Bridging the gap between the traditionally disparate fields of women's history and American intellectual history, this book is as much a re-visioning of transcendentalism_arguing for recognition of its more widespread and long-lasting influence in American cultural life_as a project in historicizing feminist theory.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2004-12-01
Mått:164 x 234 x 20 mm
Vikt:404 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:172
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780739107591

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Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

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Tiffany K. Wayne received her Ph.D. in history from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Recensioner i media

This is potentially the most clear-sighted analysis of Transcendentalist gender-essentialism and its constructive uses to date. There is a growing interest in women identified with Transcendentalism beyond Margaret Fuller, as well as in certain aspects of their involvement in the women's rights movement. No one else to date, however, has attempted a narrative of the whole, let alone with this double grounding in feminist and Transcendentalist history and grasp of feminist theory. The argument for post-bellum Transcendentalism is itself an important contribution to collective rethinking about periodization and feminization.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Transcendental ArcChapter 2 "The Seeds of Thought": The Feminist Reform Vision of Margaret FullerChapter 3 "Woman's Right to Think": Transcendentalism in the Organized Women's MovementChapter 4 "A Woman's Life and Work": Self-Culture, Vocation, and the Female IntellectualChapter 5 The Concord School of Philosophy and the Feminization of Transcendentalism after the Civil WarChapter 6 Epilogue: Feminism and American Intellectual History