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Title: Getting Personal: Feminist Occasions and Other Autobiographical Acts by Nancy K. Miller ISBN: 0-415-90324-6 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: July, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: useful intro to personal criticism
Comment: The first chapter of this book, "Getting Personal: Autobiography as Cultural Criticism" is worth the whole book. This is a manifesto for personal criticism, that both gives an overview of the kinds of writing that can be called personal criticism and the problematics of the concept. Some feminist theory is densely theoretical, while other feminists argue that we must "turn our back on theory". Miller disagrees with the latter, while arguing for a personally grounded criticism that is not necessarily overtly autobiographical but that is always *intense*. I also found this chapter valuable in finding other examples of personal criticism as well as references to other discussions of this method.
The other essays in this collection are sometimes inspiring as examples of personal criticism, but I have to admit I'm more interested in the technique of writing (and writing seriously) than in the topics she writes about. You may find the opposite.
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Title: But Enough About Me by Nancy K. Miller ISBN: 0231125232 Publisher: Columbia University Press Pub. Date: 15 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.50 |
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Title: Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo Caras: Creative and Critical Perspectives by Women of Color by Gloria E. Anzaldua, Melanie Kaye Kantrowitz ISBN: 1879960109 Publisher: Aunt Lute Books Pub. Date: July, 1990 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Black Looks: Race and Representation by Bell Hooks ISBN: 0896084337 Publisher: South End Press Pub. Date: May, 1992 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: No Sweetness Here and Other Stories by Ama Ata Aidoo ISBN: 1558611193 Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY Pub. Date: December, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Almost Touching the Skies: Women's Coming of Age Stories by Florence Howe, Jean Casella, Marilyn French ISBN: 1558612343 Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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