Andrea Beverley is an Associate Professor at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick. She has published essays on feminism and Canadian women´s writing in peer-reviewed journals such as English Studies in Canada, University of Toronto Quarterly, and Canadian Literature.
Kait Pinder is an Associate Professor at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. She is the co-editor of The Contemporary Leonard Cohen and former recipient of the Herb Wyile Prize.
The Routledge Introduction to Feminisms in Canadian Literature introduces readers to the shifting historical contexts, theoretical approaches, and literary works that have shaped the relationship between feminist movements and literatures written in Canada. Organized around key themes such as work, violence, collaboration, and motherhood, the chapters provide concepts and case study readings that demonstrate various modes of feminist literary analysis. In doing so, the volume illuminates not only how feminists have read and written literature in Canada, but also how students may engage in feminist critique from multiple anti-essentialist and intersectional angles. The book emphasizes the plurality of feminisms in which writers in Canada have participated and underlines the connections between literature and activism, particularly throughout the twentieth century and up to the present.
Chapter One: Foundations
Chapter Two: Reappraisals
Chapter Three: Work
Chapter Four: Collaboration
Chapter Five: Bodies
Chapter Six: Transnational
Chapter Seven: Francophone
Chapter Eight: Motherhood
Chapter Nine: Violence
Chapter Ten: Experiments
