| Notes from a Feminist Killjoy: Essays on Everyday Life Volume 2 Contributor(s): Wunker, Erin (Author) |
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ISBN: 1771663707 ISBN-13: 9781771663700 Publisher: Book*hug Press OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2018379056 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.75 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Literary Nonfiction. Women's Studies. Following in the tradition of Sara Ahmed (the originator of the concept feminist killjoy), Wunker brings memoir, theory, literary criticism, pop culture, and feminist thinking together in this collection of essays that take up Ahmed's project as a multi-faceted lens through which to read the world from a feminist point of view. Neither totemic nor complete, the nonfiction essays that make up NOTES FROM A FEMINIST KILLJOY: ESSAYS ON EVERYDAY LIFE attempt to think publicly about why we need feminism, and especially why we need the figure of the feminist killjoy, now. From the complicated practices of being a mother and a feminist, to building friendship amongst women as a community-building and -sustaining project, to writing that addresses rape culture from the Canadian context and beyond, NOTES FROM A FEMINIST KILLJOY: ESSAYS ON EVERYDAY LIFE invites the reader into a conversation about gender, feminism, and living in our inequitable world. Winner of the Atlantic Book Awards 2017 Margaret and John Savage First Book Award Winner of the East Coast Literary Awards 2017 Evelyn Richardson Non-Fiction Award Finalist for the 2017 Atlantic Book Award for Scholarly Writing Best Book of 2017: Gold Winner, The Coast Halifax |
Contributor Bio(s): Wunker, Erin: - Erin Wunker is Chair of the Board of the national non-profit organization Canadian Women in the Literary Arts (www.cwila.com) and co-founder, writer, and managing editor of the feminist academic blog Hook & Eye: Fast Feminism, Slow Academe. She teaches courses in Canadian literature and cultural production with a special focus on cultural production by women. She lives in Halifax with her partner, their daughter, and Marley the dog. Notes from a Feminist Killjoy is Wunker's first book. |
