Critical condition
Subtitle: feminism at the turn of the century
By: Susan Gubar.
Series: Gender and culture
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
Subjects: Feminist literary criticism.; Feminism and literature -- History -- 20th century.; Women and literature -- History -- 20th century.
Description: "Is feminism dead, as has been claimed by notable members of the media and the academy? Has feminist knowledge, with its proliferation of methodologies and fields, been purchased at the price of power? Are the conflicts among feminists evidence of self-destructive infighting or do they herald the emergence of innovative modes of inquiry?

Given a feminism now ensconced within higher education as specialized or fractious scholarship, Susan Gubar's Critical Condition: Feminism at the Turn of the Century demonstrates that an invigorated concentration on activism and artistry can accentuate not the clinical or disparaging meaning of "critical" but its sense of compelling urgency and irreverent vitality.".

"Gubar's forays into art and activism politics and the profession provide a sometimes distressing, sometimes comical, sometimes optimistic view of feminism emerging from a time of contention into a lively period of pluralized perspectives and disciplines."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-221) and index.