1st Edition
The Feminist Rhetorics, Storytelling, and Teachings of Diane di Prima Reinventing the World
Preface: Feminist Storytelling, A Primer
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: Feminist Stories as Method(ology), Theory, History
2. Critical Subjectivity: Resistance from Within
3. Sex/Sexuality/Sexism: Feminist Stories of Resistance and Subjugation
4. Feminist Circulations: I/You/We/Us
5. Conclusion: A Feminist’s Work Is Never Done
Index
Biography
C.C. Hendricks is an Assistant Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and Communication Arts at the University of New Hampshire, USA. She has held roles in writing programme administration, teaches undergraduate and graduate courses, and has published widely in academic journals and edited collections.
“Reinventing the World, an innovative gendered treatise, defies definition. This fascinating examination of Diane di Prima’s life and labor relies upon storytelling, feminist scholarship and method/ology, historiography, and rhetorical biography to create a powerful profile of a poet, community organizer, editor/publisher, and mother. Hendricks admirably intertwines her own 21st-century experiences with archival materials and meticulously-researched historical narratives as she amplifies possibilities within feminist, queer, and cultural storytelling and social circulation theories—a must-read for those interested in novel approaches to intersectional rhetorical history and memoir.”
Lynée Lewis Gaillet, Co-editor of Blurred Boundaries: Feminist Essays on Twenty-first Century Academic Labor
“Hendricks surpasses her goal to circulate and promote di Prima’s “story and boundless contributions to the possibilities of feminist rhetoric.” Contributions from writer and activist di Prima, from feminist storytelling to circulation are laid out as theories, practices, lessons, and a balm in these fraught times. Hendricks’ engagement with di Prima—and with us—is reflexive, participatory, and intimate, defining and modeling critical subjectivity: using narrative and critical reflection for feminist critique. This book is a gem I’ve recommended to students and peers.”
Charlotte Hogg, Author of White Sororities and the Cultural Work of Belonging
