Feminism, Bakhtin, and the DialogicDale M. Bauer, Susan Jaret McKinstry Feminism, Bakhtin, and the Dialogic assembles thirteen essays on the intersection of Bakhtin's narrative theory, especially his concept of dialogism. The book explores the dimensions of using Bakhtin for a feminist analysis and discerns the connections between feminist dialogics and cultural materialism. The authors offer various views ranging from studies of ecofeminism, gender theories of novelistic discourse, Bakhtin and French feminism, to analyses of contemporary novelists such as Toni Morrison, Nadine Gordimer, and Pat Barker. Drawing on Bakhtin's sociolinguistics, this book provides an introduction to feminist work on Bakhtin and the development of a cultural politics of reading. Challenging questions are raised: What is dialogic feminism? Can Bakhtin's theories advance a feminist politics? How does a feminist dialogics fit into a materialist feminist practice? Can the "dialogic imagination" also describe some of the most radical moments within feminist thinking? The interdisciplinary focus of these responses represents the ongoing dialogue among literary critics, cultural theorists, and feminists. |
Contents
The Dilemmas of a Feminine Dialogic | 7 |
Voices from the Margin Bag Ladies and Others | 25 |
Prolegomenon for an Ecofeminist Dialogics | 39 |
Irigarayan Dialogism Play and Powerplay | 57 |
Critical Imperialism and Renaissance Drama The Case of The Roaring Girl | 73 |
Style and Power | 85 |
Radical Writing | 95 |
A Quote of Many Colors Women and Masquerade in Donald Barthelmes Postmodern Parody Novels | 123 |
The Central Nervous System of America The Writer AsIn the Crowd of Joyce Carol Oatess Wonderland | 155 |
Language and Gender in Transit Feminist Extensions of Bakhtin | 181 |
Subject Voice and Women in Some Contemporary Black American Womens Writing | 199 |
Problems of Gordimers Poetics Dialogue in Burgers Daughter | 219 |
Afterword | 239 |
Contributors | 247 |
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Witness to the Suffering of Women Poverty and Sexual Transgression in Meridel Le Sueurs Women on the Breadlines | 135 |
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