Identifying the specific complexities and historical context of post-Mao Chinese literary women's rhetoric, along with ways they have been misread, the author argues in general that Western feminist critics need to be cautious about applying their concepts to non-Western women's literature. (Contains 7 notes.)

Remarks directed, largely, to Annis Pratt's The New Feminist Criticism" which appears on pp. 872-78 of this issue; a version of a paper presented at Workshop on Feminist Literature and Feminine Consciousness at annual convention of Modern Language Association of America (New York, December 27, 1970). (Editor)

In this essay, the author examines the digital circulations of representations of one Afghan women's rights organization--the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)--to demonstrate the importance of a global and digital field for feminist rhetorical analysis. Specifically, this analysis traces how women's self-representations are…

In this article, the author investigates the circulation and appropriation of representations of women in public policy. The author effectively mobilizes the metaphor of the network to examine the discursive intersections and transnational links between U.S. welfare programs and the World Bank gender mainstreaming policies. Her analysis reveals…

Women's literature is not a literary category and the teaching of women's literature is a subversion of women's liberation. (DD)

Explores the viewpoint of the feminist critic, examines ways in which feminist literary criticism has been transformed by use of the personal voice, and suggests that the wealth of feminist criticism in the last few years is in part a result of there being a community of feminist readers. (JM)

For a woman, the critic's role demands overcoming the difficulties of her peers, audience, editors and judges, in seeing her as a voice to be trusted. (Author/NL)

A paper presented at Workshop on Literary Sexual Stereotypes at annual convention of Modern Language Association of America (New York, December 27, 1970). (Editor)

Presents excerpts from several women's diaries, concluding that they are a means of gaining a hold on immediate objects and of staying alive. (DD)

Analyzes the works of Ayn Rand, concluding that they provide positive female role models. (DD)

Using Anais Nin as an example, the author describes the problem of the female writer as an agent of destruction. She is angered over the fact that women writers misdirected so much of their creative energy through fear of adopting any but the submissive, passive, feminine role. (Author/NL)

Author discusses issues inherent in Emily Dickinson's effort to define herself and to perceive truthfully the milieu in which she experienced life. To appreciate Dickinson, one must not be offended by the reminder that she was a poetess.'' (Author/NL)

An essay which grew out of a paper presented at Forum on the Status of Women in the Profession at annual convention of Modern Language Association of America (New York, December 27, 1970). (Editor)

Notes that Black women writers of the 70s were writing about a new woman with a consistently heroic and articulate voice, and suggests that critics, especially feminist critics, should take note. Provides examples of characters from the works of Black women writers. (MKM)