Voltairine de Cleyre and the revolution of the mind : with selections from her writings
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- DeLamotte, Eugenia C.
- Publish Year
- 2004
- Shelfmark
- B5787 - B
- Thesaurus
- seksualiteit, anarchisme, feminisme, vrouwenbewegingen, 19e eeuw
- Description
- Voltairine de Cleyre belongs to a group of late-nineteenth-century freethinkers, anarchists, and sex-radicals whose writing continues to be excluded from the U.S. literary and historical canon. Gates of Freedom considers de Cleyre's speeches, letters, and essays, including her most well known essay, 'Sex Slavery.' Part I explores her contributions to the anarchist movement, her analyses of justice and violence, and her views on women, sexuality, and the body. DeLamotte demonstrates both de Cleyre's literary significance and the importance of her work to feminist theory, women's studies, literary and cultural studies, U.S. history, and contemporary social and cultural analysis. Part II presents a thematically organized selection of de Cleyre's writings, on different subjects.