This collection of essays, edited by Sheryl L. Meyering and with a foreword by Cathy N. Davidson, maps a way for readers to approach Charolotte Perkins Gilman's large body of fiction and poetry. In addition to providing biographical background they treat the fundamental ideas Gilman developed throug[...]
With an introduction by Lindy West, when three American men discover a community of women, living in perfect isolation in the Amazon, they decide there simply must be men somewhere. How could these women survive without man's knowledge, experience and strength, not to mention reproductive power? But[...]
Keltainen seinäpaperi ja muita kirjoituksia tuo esiin yhdysvaltalaisen feministin ja kirjailijan Charlotte Perkins Gilmanin (1860-1935) monipuolisuuden kirjoittajana. Teokseen on koottu hänen julkaisemiaan esseitä, mielipidekirjoituksia, novelleja, tarinoita ja runoja eri lähteistä. Niissä Gil[...]
'"But they look - why, this is a CIVILIZED country!" I protested. "There must be men."'Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 1915 utopian novel Herland was a ground breaking work, in which she created an imaginary community populated entirely by women. An early feminist, writing the pioneering The Yellow Wallp[...]