Helen Kraus
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199600786
- eISBN:
- 9780191731563
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199600786.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Biblical Studies, Church History
This book deals with Bible translation and its development from Antiquity to the Reformation. Taking the Hebrew Masoretic Text of Genesis as Old Testament Vorlage, it examines corresponding verses ...
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This book deals with Bible translation and its development from Antiquity to the Reformation. Taking the Hebrew Masoretic Text of Genesis as Old Testament Vorlage, it examines corresponding verses from five translations: Septuagint, Vulgate, Luther's Bible, Tyndale and the Authorized Version, and the Dutch State Translation. The context is the challenge mounted by feminist scholarship, particularly those scholars of the ‘second wave’, who have tried and convicted Scripture of androcentricity and misogyny. Translated passages in Genesis 1–4 that deal with the male‐female dynamic are subjected to detailed analysis, tracing linguistic and ideological processes and seeking to determine the extent of interaction between contemporary culture and translation. The degree and development of androcentricity in these passages in both Hebrew and translated texts are likewise taken into account. Each chapter dealing with a specific translation consists of two parts: the historical/cultural background of period and translator(s), particularly with regard to women, and a close exegesis of the verses in question. Results point to the Hebrew text revealing significant androcentricity, with the Septuagint, possibly influenced by Greek philosophy, emphasizing the patriarchal elements. This trend persists through the Vulgate and even Luther's Bible — though less so in the English and Dutch versions — and suggests that the translators must be at least partly responsible for an androcentric text becoming the justification for the oppression of women. Each section dealing with textual analysis is sub‐divided into the same groups of verses: male and female (1:26–28), man (2:7,9,15–17), woman (2:18–25), seeing (3:1–13), consequences (3:14–24), generation (4:1–2,17,25).Less
This book deals with Bible translation and its development from Antiquity to the Reformation. Taking the Hebrew Masoretic Text of Genesis as Old Testament Vorlage, it examines corresponding verses from five translations: Septuagint, Vulgate, Luther's Bible, Tyndale and the Authorized Version, and the Dutch State Translation. The context is the challenge mounted by feminist scholarship, particularly those scholars of the ‘second wave’, who have tried and convicted Scripture of androcentricity and misogyny. Translated passages in Genesis 1–4 that deal with the male‐female dynamic are subjected to detailed analysis, tracing linguistic and ideological processes and seeking to determine the extent of interaction between contemporary culture and translation. The degree and development of androcentricity in these passages in both Hebrew and translated texts are likewise taken into account. Each chapter dealing with a specific translation consists of two parts: the historical/cultural background of period and translator(s), particularly with regard to women, and a close exegesis of the verses in question. Results point to the Hebrew text revealing significant androcentricity, with the Septuagint, possibly influenced by Greek philosophy, emphasizing the patriarchal elements. This trend persists through the Vulgate and even Luther's Bible — though less so in the English and Dutch versions — and suggests that the translators must be at least partly responsible for an androcentric text becoming the justification for the oppression of women. Each section dealing with textual analysis is sub‐divided into the same groups of verses: male and female (1:26–28), man (2:7,9,15–17), woman (2:18–25), seeing (3:1–13), consequences (3:14–24), generation (4:1–2,17,25).
Charlotte Brunsdon
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198159803
- eISBN:
- 9780191673702
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198159803.003.0002
- Subject:
- Literature, Film, Media, and Cultural Studies
This chapter examines the attention paid to soap opera in 1970s feminism in the U.S. It traces the way in which this genre became an attractive object of study for feminist scholars and suggests that ...
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This chapter examines the attention paid to soap opera in 1970s feminism in the U.S. It traces the way in which this genre became an attractive object of study for feminist scholars and suggests that the attention given to soap opera during this period can be characterised as worrying. It contends that the historical engagement between feminism and soap opera can be seen as representative of the Western second-wave feminist engagement with the media and popular culture.Less
This chapter examines the attention paid to soap opera in 1970s feminism in the U.S. It traces the way in which this genre became an attractive object of study for feminist scholars and suggests that the attention given to soap opera during this period can be characterised as worrying. It contends that the historical engagement between feminism and soap opera can be seen as representative of the Western second-wave feminist engagement with the media and popular culture.
Helen Kraus
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199600786
- eISBN:
- 9780191731563
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199600786.003.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Biblical Studies, Church History
The introductory chapter gives a more detailed introduction to the study and its aims and objectives. It briefly charts the recent progress of feminist scholarship to a more moderate stance, to a ...
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The introductory chapter gives a more detailed introduction to the study and its aims and objectives. It briefly charts the recent progress of feminist scholarship to a more moderate stance, to a multidisciplinary — even minimalist — approach. In the context of the Creation and Fall, it touches on the problems of gender‐exclusive language, gender‐bias, male/female stereotypes, and the implications of monotheism, a linguistically gendered God and the attendant prejudices and preconceptions. It points out that, as a piece of Old Testament research, this study is something of a hybrid, comprising exegesis, literary criticism and reception history, and drawing together a number of hitherto discrete approaches. This also means that, along the way, many potentially fruitful explorations have had to be put aside in the interest of brevity and clarity.Less
The introductory chapter gives a more detailed introduction to the study and its aims and objectives. It briefly charts the recent progress of feminist scholarship to a more moderate stance, to a multidisciplinary — even minimalist — approach. In the context of the Creation and Fall, it touches on the problems of gender‐exclusive language, gender‐bias, male/female stereotypes, and the implications of monotheism, a linguistically gendered God and the attendant prejudices and preconceptions. It points out that, as a piece of Old Testament research, this study is something of a hybrid, comprising exegesis, literary criticism and reception history, and drawing together a number of hitherto discrete approaches. This also means that, along the way, many potentially fruitful explorations have had to be put aside in the interest of brevity and clarity.
Joanne Conaghan
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199592920
- eISBN:
- 9780191751103
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199592920.003.0003
- Subject:
- Law, Philosophy of Law, Human Rights and Immigration
This chapter examines the ways in which the relationship between law and gender has been theorized to date, set against the backdrop of an official position in which gender is not considered to be a ...
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This chapter examines the ways in which the relationship between law and gender has been theorized to date, set against the backdrop of an official position in which gender is not considered to be a category of theoretical significance in law. It identifies and explores a range of departures from this official position. It also discusses the development of a more complex understanding of the relationship between law and gender over time, in which the focus has gradually moved away from a conception of law as an unequivocal expression of masculine power towards an apprehension of law as implicated in the processes and performances through which gender come into effect, is fashioned and refashioned, contested and re-contested as an aspect of social ordering.Less
This chapter examines the ways in which the relationship between law and gender has been theorized to date, set against the backdrop of an official position in which gender is not considered to be a category of theoretical significance in law. It identifies and explores a range of departures from this official position. It also discusses the development of a more complex understanding of the relationship between law and gender over time, in which the focus has gradually moved away from a conception of law as an unequivocal expression of masculine power towards an apprehension of law as implicated in the processes and performances through which gender come into effect, is fashioned and refashioned, contested and re-contested as an aspect of social ordering.
Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520225619
- eISBN:
- 9780520929869
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520225619.003.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Migration Studies (including Refugee Studies)
This introductory chapter discusses gender and immigration, especially the place of men and women in society. The first section is concerned with the arrival of immigration scholarship and gender ...
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This introductory chapter discusses gender and immigration, especially the place of men and women in society. The first section is concerned with the arrival of immigration scholarship and gender studies during the 1980s and the 1990s. It shows that the development in immigration research was derived from a huge increase in literal human movement across borders during the late 20th century. The next sections examine the different stages of feminist scholarship, starting with the remedy for the exclusion of women in research. This is followed by a discussion of the second stage, which is the transition from “women and migration” to “gender and migration.” The third stage of feminist scholarship is presently emerging, and this is viewing gender as a constitutive element of immigration. The last sections of the chapter serve as a summary of the next chapters.Less
This introductory chapter discusses gender and immigration, especially the place of men and women in society. The first section is concerned with the arrival of immigration scholarship and gender studies during the 1980s and the 1990s. It shows that the development in immigration research was derived from a huge increase in literal human movement across borders during the late 20th century. The next sections examine the different stages of feminist scholarship, starting with the remedy for the exclusion of women in research. This is followed by a discussion of the second stage, which is the transition from “women and migration” to “gender and migration.” The third stage of feminist scholarship is presently emerging, and this is viewing gender as a constitutive element of immigration. The last sections of the chapter serve as a summary of the next chapters.
Shai Secunda
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- July 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780198856825
- eISBN:
- 9780191889974
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198856825.003.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Judaism
This chapter considers some of the challenges of studying late antique Jewish women and their practices through a text composed and transmitted in male-dominated contexts. It describes how ...
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This chapter considers some of the challenges of studying late antique Jewish women and their practices through a text composed and transmitted in male-dominated contexts. It describes how menstruation made meaning through difference and differentiation in the Hebrew Bible, ancient Judaism, and rabbinic Literature. The chapter reviews new approaches to understanding the Babylonian Talmud as situated between classical (Palestinian) rabbinic literature, on the one hand, and its Sasanian context, on the other. It then closely analyzes a story about a rabbi and a heretic recorded at b. Sanhedrin 37a to illustrate the book’s main hermeneutical assumptions and potentialities.Less
This chapter considers some of the challenges of studying late antique Jewish women and their practices through a text composed and transmitted in male-dominated contexts. It describes how menstruation made meaning through difference and differentiation in the Hebrew Bible, ancient Judaism, and rabbinic Literature. The chapter reviews new approaches to understanding the Babylonian Talmud as situated between classical (Palestinian) rabbinic literature, on the one hand, and its Sasanian context, on the other. It then closely analyzes a story about a rabbi and a heretic recorded at b. Sanhedrin 37a to illustrate the book’s main hermeneutical assumptions and potentialities.
Alice Kessler-Harris
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- January 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780813145136
- eISBN:
- 9780813145631
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813145136.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
Throughout the twentieth century, the “woman’s wage” has existed separately from the “man’s wage,” even as the concept of the wage continues to be hotly debated. Feminist scholarship attempts to ...
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Throughout the twentieth century, the “woman’s wage” has existed separately from the “man’s wage,” even as the concept of the wage continues to be hotly debated. Feminist scholarship attempts to analyze wage as a gendered concept and argues for the dissolution of the distinction between a woman’s and man’s wage. It is an economic social custom that, due to various social interpretations, is open to change. This introduction notes the evolution of the phrase “woman’s wage” throughout the twentieth century in the United States, and ends with a brief description of each of the five essays.Less
Throughout the twentieth century, the “woman’s wage” has existed separately from the “man’s wage,” even as the concept of the wage continues to be hotly debated. Feminist scholarship attempts to analyze wage as a gendered concept and argues for the dissolution of the distinction between a woman’s and man’s wage. It is an economic social custom that, due to various social interpretations, is open to change. This introduction notes the evolution of the phrase “woman’s wage” throughout the twentieth century in the United States, and ends with a brief description of each of the five essays.
Chi Adanna Mgbako
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781479817566
- eISBN:
- 9781479844647
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9781479817566.003.0001
- Subject:
- Law, Human Rights and Immigration
The introduction presents the issue of sex workers’ rights and the movement in Africa through both first-hand examples and stories as well as historical, societal, and scholarly context. It also sets ...
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The introduction presents the issue of sex workers’ rights and the movement in Africa through both first-hand examples and stories as well as historical, societal, and scholarly context. It also sets out the framework of the rest of the book, discusses the research methodology used, and explains how this book seeks to fill a void in both sex work studies and African feminist scholarship.Less
The introduction presents the issue of sex workers’ rights and the movement in Africa through both first-hand examples and stories as well as historical, societal, and scholarly context. It also sets out the framework of the rest of the book, discusses the research methodology used, and explains how this book seeks to fill a void in both sex work studies and African feminist scholarship.
Johanna Stiebert
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- May 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199673827
- eISBN:
- 9780191752025
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199673827.003.0004
- Subject:
- Religion, Biblical Studies, Judaism
This chapter explores the topic of father‒daughter incest. After general comments on how the topic has been discussed in biblical and especially feminist biblical scholarship, cultural variability in ...
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This chapter explores the topic of father‒daughter incest. After general comments on how the topic has been discussed in biblical and especially feminist biblical scholarship, cultural variability in defining incest is made clear. Next, investigation of apparent omission of the daughter in the incest laws of Leviticus 18 and 20 concludes that no explicit mention does not indicate sexual licence for fathers. The narrative of Lot and his daughters in Genesis 19 is then discussed, demonstrating the widespread claim of feminist interpreters that contemporary findings on father‒daughter incest apply also to antiquity. The narratives of Judah and Tamar in Genesis 38 and of Boaz and Ruth in the book of Ruth are brought into the discussion also. Finally, modern scientific findings on incest among humans and other higher primates are described to argue that the notion that first-degree incest in antiquity was as widespread as in the contemporary West is untenable.Less
This chapter explores the topic of father‒daughter incest. After general comments on how the topic has been discussed in biblical and especially feminist biblical scholarship, cultural variability in defining incest is made clear. Next, investigation of apparent omission of the daughter in the incest laws of Leviticus 18 and 20 concludes that no explicit mention does not indicate sexual licence for fathers. The narrative of Lot and his daughters in Genesis 19 is then discussed, demonstrating the widespread claim of feminist interpreters that contemporary findings on father‒daughter incest apply also to antiquity. The narratives of Judah and Tamar in Genesis 38 and of Boaz and Ruth in the book of Ruth are brought into the discussion also. Finally, modern scientific findings on incest among humans and other higher primates are described to argue that the notion that first-degree incest in antiquity was as widespread as in the contemporary West is untenable.
Sarah Lachance Adams
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231166751
- eISBN:
- 9780231537223
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231166751.003.0004
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Moral Philosophy
This chapter focuses on Emmanuel Levinas' take on the feminine and maternity in his ethics, which feminist scholarship indicates as massively ambiguous. When studied as a descriptive phenomenology, ...
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This chapter focuses on Emmanuel Levinas' take on the feminine and maternity in his ethics, which feminist scholarship indicates as massively ambiguous. When studied as a descriptive phenomenology, Levinas' account may be used to justify women's submission and isolation in the home. There is an obvious appropriation of some patriarchal ideals in his philosophy; as he talks about femininity, he repeatedly fails to address women and their concerns. The damage is even worse when his explanation is read as a prescriptive ethics. Levinas affirms the need to care for the other, even to the point of self-abnegation—women are particularly vulnerable to oppression under this ideal. Apparently, Levinas is missing various critical components; these include a better understanding of ambiguous intersubjectivity, of how to balance asymmetrical relations, and of how ethical failure relates to ethical success.Less
This chapter focuses on Emmanuel Levinas' take on the feminine and maternity in his ethics, which feminist scholarship indicates as massively ambiguous. When studied as a descriptive phenomenology, Levinas' account may be used to justify women's submission and isolation in the home. There is an obvious appropriation of some patriarchal ideals in his philosophy; as he talks about femininity, he repeatedly fails to address women and their concerns. The damage is even worse when his explanation is read as a prescriptive ethics. Levinas affirms the need to care for the other, even to the point of self-abnegation—women are particularly vulnerable to oppression under this ideal. Apparently, Levinas is missing various critical components; these include a better understanding of ambiguous intersubjectivity, of how to balance asymmetrical relations, and of how ethical failure relates to ethical success.
Leela Fernandes
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814760963
- eISBN:
- 9780814762998
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814760963.003.0007
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
This concluding chapter argues that the paradigm of transnational feminism provides a critical case study for the examination of the implications that transnational perspectives have for the way in ...
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This concluding chapter argues that the paradigm of transnational feminism provides a critical case study for the examination of the implications that transnational perspectives have for the way in which people make sense of the complex and deeply interconnected world. This is because transnational perspectives have sought to capture contemporary global phenomena that have unsettled modern nation-states, and also because such perspectives have been at the forefront of interdisciplinary knowledge that has grappled with the real material and political effects of people's knowledge practices. Indeed, transnational feminist scholarship has produced rich theoretical and empirical understandings of a wide range of sociocultural, political, and economic phenomena. Moreover, the most profound potential of interdisciplinary feminist scholarship has been its ability to interrogate its own complicities in the structures of the power it has sought to change.Less
This concluding chapter argues that the paradigm of transnational feminism provides a critical case study for the examination of the implications that transnational perspectives have for the way in which people make sense of the complex and deeply interconnected world. This is because transnational perspectives have sought to capture contemporary global phenomena that have unsettled modern nation-states, and also because such perspectives have been at the forefront of interdisciplinary knowledge that has grappled with the real material and political effects of people's knowledge practices. Indeed, transnational feminist scholarship has produced rich theoretical and empirical understandings of a wide range of sociocultural, political, and economic phenomena. Moreover, the most profound potential of interdisciplinary feminist scholarship has been its ability to interrogate its own complicities in the structures of the power it has sought to change.
Chi Adanna Mgbako
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781479817566
- eISBN:
- 9781479844647
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9781479817566.003.0001
- Subject:
- Law, Human Rights and Immigration
The introduction presents the issue of sex workers’ rights and the movement in Africa through both first-hand examples and stories as well as historical, societal, and scholarly context. It also sets ...
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The introduction presents the issue of sex workers’ rights and the movement in Africa through both first-hand examples and stories as well as historical, societal, and scholarly context. It also sets out the framework of the rest of the book, discusses the research methodology used, and explains how this book seeks to fill a void in both sex work studies and African feminist scholarship.Less
The introduction presents the issue of sex workers’ rights and the movement in Africa through both first-hand examples and stories as well as historical, societal, and scholarly context. It also sets out the framework of the rest of the book, discusses the research methodology used, and explains how this book seeks to fill a void in both sex work studies and African feminist scholarship.
Ruth Lupton and Howard Glennerster
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781847423733
- eISBN:
- 9781447303480
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847423733.003.0003
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Research and Statistics
This chapter provides a useful counterpoint, drawing on feminist scholarship to highlight the gendered nature of policy designed to tackle the evil of ‘idleness’. It points to the dilemma, ...
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This chapter provides a useful counterpoint, drawing on feminist scholarship to highlight the gendered nature of policy designed to tackle the evil of ‘idleness’. It points to the dilemma, unarticulated in the Beveridge reforms but an increasingly important one for policy makers, of how to treat women's paid and unpaid ‘work’ and contribution to the economy and well-being. It focuses particularly on the challenges posited by the rise in part-time working and lone parenthood, both notable by their absence from serious consideration in the Beveridge model but an increasingly salient feature of the contemporary social and economic organisation of society. It notes that the review of the limitations of the current welfare-to-work policies in tackling ‘idleness’ points to the continuing challenges facing policy makers.Less
This chapter provides a useful counterpoint, drawing on feminist scholarship to highlight the gendered nature of policy designed to tackle the evil of ‘idleness’. It points to the dilemma, unarticulated in the Beveridge reforms but an increasingly important one for policy makers, of how to treat women's paid and unpaid ‘work’ and contribution to the economy and well-being. It focuses particularly on the challenges posited by the rise in part-time working and lone parenthood, both notable by their absence from serious consideration in the Beveridge model but an increasingly salient feature of the contemporary social and economic organisation of society. It notes that the review of the limitations of the current welfare-to-work policies in tackling ‘idleness’ points to the continuing challenges facing policy makers.
Susan David Bernstein
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- May 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780748640652
- eISBN:
- 9780748684366
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748640652.001.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, 19th-century and Victorian Literature
Drawing on archival materials around the Reading Room of the British Museum, this book integrates documentary, theoretical, historical, and literary sources to examine the significance of this public ...
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Drawing on archival materials around the Reading Room of the British Museum, this book integrates documentary, theoretical, historical, and literary sources to examine the significance of this public interior space for women writers and their treatment of reading and writing spaces in literary texts. It challenges an assessment of the Reading Room as a bastion of class and gender privilege, an image firmly established by Virginia Woolf's 1929 A Room of One's Own and the legions of feminist scholarship that upholds this spatial conceit. The book argues not only that the British Museum Reading Room facilitated various practices of women's literary traditions, she also questions the overdetermined value of privacy and autonomy in constructions of female authorship, a principle generated from Woolf's feminist manifesto. Rather than viewing reading and writing as solitary, individual events, the book considers the meaning of exteriority and the public and social and gendered dimensions of literary production.Less
Drawing on archival materials around the Reading Room of the British Museum, this book integrates documentary, theoretical, historical, and literary sources to examine the significance of this public interior space for women writers and their treatment of reading and writing spaces in literary texts. It challenges an assessment of the Reading Room as a bastion of class and gender privilege, an image firmly established by Virginia Woolf's 1929 A Room of One's Own and the legions of feminist scholarship that upholds this spatial conceit. The book argues not only that the British Museum Reading Room facilitated various practices of women's literary traditions, she also questions the overdetermined value of privacy and autonomy in constructions of female authorship, a principle generated from Woolf's feminist manifesto. Rather than viewing reading and writing as solitary, individual events, the book considers the meaning of exteriority and the public and social and gendered dimensions of literary production.
