Liminality, Hybridity, and American Women's Literature Thresholds in
This book highlights the multiplicity of American women’s writing related to liminality and hybridity from its beginnings to the contemporary moment. Often informed by notions of crossing, intersectionality, transition, and transformation, these concepts
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Liminality, Hybridity, and American Women’s Literature
Kristin J. Jacobson • Kristin Allukian Rickie-Ann Legleitner • Leslie Allison Editors
Liminality, Hybridity, and American Women’s Literature Thresholds in Women’s Writing
Editors Kristin J. Jacobson Stockton University Galloway, NJ, USA
Kristin Allukian University of South Florida Tampa, FL, USA
Rickie-Ann Legleitner University of Wisconsin-Stout Menomonie, WI, USA
Leslie Allison Temple University Philadelphia, PA, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-73850-5 ISBN 978-3-319-73851-2 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73851-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018934691 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Getty Images Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Dedicated to the members of the Society for the Study of American Women Writers and in gratitude to the 2015 SSAWW conference organizers, Rita Bode, Dick Ellis, Beth Lueck, Miranda Green-Barteet, Leslie Allison, and Rickie-Ann Legleitner.
No black woman writer in this culture can write “too much.” Indeed, no woman writer can write “too much.” Considering the centuries of silence, the genres of writing that have been virtually the sole terrain of men, more contributions by women writers should be both encouraged and welcomed. ―bell hooks, Remembered Rapture: The Writer at Work
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The Society for the Study of American Women Writers (SSAWW) does just the work bell hooks describes: it promotes and values women’s writing and supports scholars that amplify those voices in their teaching and sch
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