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A Map of Hope: Women's Writing on Human Rights--An International Literary Anthology
Contributor(s): Agosín, Marjorie (Editor)

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ISBN: 0813526264     ISBN-13: 9780813526263
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
OUR PRICE: $39.85  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 1999
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Annotation: A Map of Hope presents diverse women writers who have created a literature of global consciousness and justice. This collection of poems, essays, memoirs, and brief histories allows readers to hear voices that have decided to make a difference. It goes beyond geography and ethnic groups. Edited by Marjorie Agosin, Map of Hope contributors include: Rosario Castellanos, Margurite Duras, Anne Frank, Barbara Kingslover, Ardienne Rich, Fadwa Tuqan, Mitsuye Yamada, and Hisaye Yamamoto.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Anthologies (multiple Authors)
- Social Science | Women's Studies
- Literary Collections
Dewey: 808.803
LCCN: 98-44985
Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.77" W x 9.58" L (1.23 lbs) 408 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Sex & Gender - Gay
Features: Bibliography, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 05/10/1999 pg. 46
Library Journal 06/15/1999 pg. 80
Booklist 06/15/1999 pg. 1772
 
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Publisher Description:

The first international anthology to explore women's human rights from a literary perspective.

More than half a century after the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, women throughout the world still struggle for social and political justice. Many fight back with the only tools of resistance they possess--words. A Map of Hope presents a collection of 77 extraordinary literary works documenting the ways women writers have spoken out about human rights issues.

Writers young and old, known and unknown, explore the dimensions of terror, the unspeakable atrocities of war, and the possibilities of resistance and refusal against all odds. Their poems, essays, memoirs, and brief histories examine issues that affect the condition of women in war, prison camps, exile, and as victims of domestic and political violence.

A Map of Hope presents diverse women writers who have created a literature of global consciousness and justice. Their works give a face, an image, and a human dimension to the dehumanization of human rights violations. The collection allows readers to hear voices that have decided to make a difference. It goes beyond geography and ethnic groups; writers from around the globe are united by the universal dimensions of horror and deprivation, as well as the unique common struggle for justice and solidarity.

 
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