Germaine Greer: Essays on a Feminist Figure [Paperback]

Introduction - Greer now: editorial  1. Revolution for the hell of it: the transatlantic genesis and serial provocations of The Female Eunuch  2. The record keeper  3. Resurrecting Germaines theory of cuntpower  4. Germaine Greers arch enemy: Arianna Stassinopoulos 1974 Australian tour  5. If we had more like her we would no longer be the unheard majority: Germaine Greers reception in the United States  6. A feminist fashion icon: Germaine Greers paisley coat  7. The second best bed, or the female unique? Germaine Greers unlikely championing of love and marriage in Shakespeares Wife

Germaine Greer is one of the most enduring and influential figures of the second wave of the womens movement. The Female Eunuch (1970) is one of second-wave feminisms most widely recognised publications and its author has come to embody and indeed expand our understanding of second-wave feminism in a way that few others have. Yet, while Greers public visibility never seems to wane, her writings and her politics have failed to attract the kind of sustained critical engagement they warrant. This volume represents the first collection of essays to examine Greer, her politics, her writing, and her status as a feminist celebrity. The essays in this collection cover The Female Eunuch (1970), Greers public rivalry with Arianna Stassinopoulos, her time in America, her ideas and politics, and her styling as feminist fashion icon. Many essays include new insights drawn from previously unseen material in the recently launched Germaine Greer Archive at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

This book was originally published as a Special Issue of Australian Feminist Studies.

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