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| Author | Cheris Kramarae, Paula A. Treichler, Ann Russo |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Feminist theory |
| Publisher | Pandora Press |
Publication date | January 1, 1985 |
| Pages | 587 pages |
| ISBN | 978-0863580604 |
| Text | A Feminist Dictionary online |
A Feminist Dictionary is an alternative dictionary written by Cheris Kramarae and Paula A. Treichler, with assistance from Ann Russo, originally published by Pandora Press in 1985.[1]
A revised second edition of the text was published in 1992, under the title Amazons, Bluestockings, and Crones: A Feminist Dictionary.[2] The dictionary contains over 2500 words and definitions from a feminist perspective and, in the words of reviewer Patricia Nichols, forces the reader "to consider who assembles the dictionaries usually consulted and to ask how the words have been chosen."[3]
A Feminist Dictionary does not adhere to lexicographical convention: rather than offering readers objective descriptions for each entry, it uses the dictionary format to wryly comment upon and critique gender dynamics.[3] Nichols describes the resulting volume as a "sort of a cross between the OED and the Whole Earth Catalog".[4] In a discussion of the pedagogical uses of A Feminist Dictionary in the literature classroom, scholars Barbara DiBernard and Sheila Reiter add on the work's origins:
The same social conditions that necessitate college programs called “Women’s Studies,” bizarrely categorized as nontraditional, inspired its editors, Cheris Kramarae and Paula Treichler, to compile A Feminist Dictionary, originally published in 1985.[5]
- ^ Kramarae, Cheris; Treichler, Paula A. (1985). A Feminist Dictionary. Pandora Press. ISBN 978-0-86358-060-4.
- ^ Kramarae, Cheris; Treichler, Paula A.; Russo, Ann (1992). Amazons, Bluestockings and Crones: A Feminist Dictionary. Pandora Press. ISBN 978-0-04-440863-5.
- ^ a b Nichols, Patricia C. (Spring 1988). "A Feminist Dictionary by Cheris Kramarae; Paula A. Treichler; Grammar and Gender by Dennis Baron". Signs. 3. 13 (3): 600–603. doi:10.1086/494447. JSTOR 3174187.
- ^ McConnel-Ginet, Sally; Kramarae, Cheris; Treichler, Paula A. (Spring 1987). "A Feminist Dictionary by Cheris Kramarae; Paula A. Treichler". Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature. 1. 6: 128–129. doi:10.2307/464171. JSTOR 464171.
- ^ DiBernard, Barbara; Reiter, Shiela (1994). "Changing Classroom Practices: Resources for Literary and Cultural Studies". Department of English: Faculty Publications. Refiguring English Studies. NCTE: 104–121.