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Showing posts with label Joanna Russ. Show all posts

10/13/14

Random Recommendation Guest Post: How to Suppress Women's Writing by Joanna Russ

This recommendation comes from Meytal. Check out her website and follow her on twitter @Biblibio.
http://www.tor.com/images/stories/blogs/11_11/how-to-suppress.jpgHow to Suppress Women's Writing (1983) by Joanna Russ
In this work of nonfiction, Russ explores the patterns of Western patriarchal suppression in the world of literature, art, and theater. A sarcastic and irreverent guidebook, How to Suppress Women's Writing points to certain common methods of suppression, including "Prohibitions" and "Denial of Agency." Russ is also known for her science fiction.