Feminist Interpretations of Emma Goldman
360 pages | 2 illustrations | 6 x 9 | 2007
ISBN 978-0-271-02975-7 | cloth: $95.00 sh
ISBN 978-0-271-02976-4 | paper: $35.00 sh
Re-Reading the Canon Series
“This volume is a treasure and a treat! Everyone who has ever fallen under the spell of Emma Goldman will love this collection. Its rich and diverse selections develop the theme of anarchism, its many ramifications in Emma Goldman’s thought, and the relevance of her ideas today. The essays are very accessible for use in teaching—clearly written, well-argued, informative. A truly outstanding collection, from beginning to end.” —Claudia Card, Emma Goldman Professor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Within the popular consciousness, Emma Goldman has become something of an icon, a symbol for rebellion and women’s rights. But there has been surprisingly little substantive analysis of her influence on social, political, and feminist theory. In Feminist Interpretations of Emma Goldman, Weiss and Kensinger present essays that resist a simplistic understanding of Goldman and instead attempt to examine her thinking in its proper social, historical, and philosophical context. Only by considering the sources, influences, and specific significance of Goldman’s ideas can her proper place in feminist theory be truly understood.
In addition to the editors, the contributors are Martha A. Ackelsberg, Kathryn Pyne Addelson, Lynne M. Adrian, Berenice A. Carroll, Voltairine de Cleyre, Janet E. Day, Candace Falk, Kathy E. Ferguson, Marsha Aileen Hewitt, Lori Jo Marso, Jonathan McKenzie, Alix Kates Shulman, Craig Stalbaum, Jason Wehling, and Alice Wexler.
Penny A. Weiss is Associate Professor of Political Science at Purdue University.
Loretta Kensinger is Coordinator and Associate Professor of Women’s Studies at California State University, Fresno
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introductory Essays
Digging for Gold(man): What We Found
Penny A. Weiss and Loretta Kensinger with Berenice A. Carroll
Anarchy in Interpretation: The Life of Emma Goldman
Jason Wehling
Part One: Specific Themes and Central Concerns
Let Icons be Bygones! Emma Goldman: The Grand Expositor
Candace Falk
A Feminist Search for Love: Emma Goldman on the Politics of Marriage, Love, Sexuality, and the Feminine
Lori Jo Marso
Religion, Faith and Politics: Reading Goldman Through Nietzsche
Kathy E. Ferguson
The “Individual” in Goldman’s Anarchist Theory
Janet E. Day
Emma Goldman and the Theory of Revolution
Berenice A. Carroll
Who Were Emma Goldman’s “Children”? Anarchist Feminism and Childhood
Penny A. Weiss
Part Two: Historical Roots and Current Connections
Manufacturing Consensus: Goldman, Kropotkin, and the Order of an Anarchist Canon
Jonathan McKenzie and Craig Stalbaum
Emma Goldman and the Spirit of Artful Living: Philosophy and Politics in the Classical American Period
Lynne M. Adrian
Emma Goldman on Mary Wollstonecraft
Alice Wexler
Dancing in the Revolution: Emma Goldman’s Feminism
Alix Kates Shulman
Speaking with Red Emma: The Feminist Theory of Emma Goldman
Loretta Kensinger
Part Three: Political Change: Theory and Practice
Anarchist Alternatives to Competition
Martha A. Ackelsberg and Kathryn Pyne Addelson
In Defense of Emma Goldman
Voltairine de Cleyre
Emma Goldman: The Case for Anarcho-Feminism
Marsha Hewitt
The Emma Goldman Clinic Mission Statement
Grave Marker
Bibliography
Contributors
Index