This is a smart and savvy book
a fascinating study of what letters have meant to women as writers and readers over the past four decades. Situating letter writing as both demand and gift and mapping the feminist ethic of care that developed from this vast personal archive, In Love and Struggle is essential for feminist cultural projects.
Julia Watson, ... Read moreOhio State University In Love and Struggle is a lively story of second-wave British and American feminists, revealed through their public and intimate letters. From the women's encampments at Greenham Common and beside the Seneca Army Depot to the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, Margaretta Jolly shows how vital epistolary testimony has been. She provides an overview of feminist literary criticism of epistolarity, and she analyzes letters between mothers and daughters, lesbian love letters, email novels, memoirs, and feminist activist communities on the Web. Drawing on archival research, feminist theory, and ethics, Jolly examines a wide range of social, literary, and political practices in which letter writing plays a pivotal role.
Linda S. Kauffman, professor of English, University of Maryland Jolly's fascinating book... makes a major contribution to the available literature.
June Purvis Times Higher Education An important work... Highly recommended. Choice An important contribution to the history of second-wave feminism and offers valuable new insights into letter writing as a feminist literary practice.
Emma Parker Feminist Review lively, engaging and often poignant...
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