Feminist Perspectives on Law and Literature
Laura Schmitz-Justen · Laura A. Zander · Hanna Luise Kroll · Laura Wittmann
Apr 2025 · Law & Literature Book 26 · Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Ebook
345
Pages
reportRatings and reviews aren’t verified Learn More
About this ebook
The interdisciplinary study of law and literature can help us better understand intersectionality, and vice versa: intersectional feminist perspectives are extremely valuable in the study of law and literature. Of course, neither feminist nor intersectional approaches are new in and of themselves: for decades, literary scholarship has studied the impact of particular constellations of gender, race, and class when it comes to representations of women in literary texts and has succeeded in shaking monolithic and stereotypical notions of womanhood. However, research at the intersection of law, literature and feminism has so far been limited and insular. Bringing together more than twenty international researchers from related disciplines, this volume is the first to bring questions of intersectional feminism to the forefront of law and literature scholarship. From reproductive and (trans-)gender justice in law and literature to feminist practices that intervene in judicial discourse, this volume brings into focus a wide range of cultural and legal phenomena in which gender and the law intersect in literary texts. The volume’s commitment to intersectionality fittingly extents to its very make up: the contributors were selected to represent a diverse range of positions in terms of their gender, career stage and nationality.
About the author
Hanna Luise Kroll, CRC ‘Law and Literature’, University of Münster, Germany; Laura Schmitz-Justen, CRC ‘Law and Literature’, University of Münster, Germany; Laura Wittmann, CRC ‘Law and Literature’, University of Münster, Germany; Dr. Laura Zander, CRC ‘Law and Literature’, University of Münster, Germany.
Rate this ebook
Tell us what you think.
Reading information
Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
eReaders and other devices
To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.
