Abstract
This study argues for an affiliation between literary and political action. What can the literary theory learn from social movements, and what can social activists learn from poststructuralism, new historicism, feminist and neo-Marxim? In new interpretations of texts in four different genres - Agee and Evans' Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, Ellison's Invisible Man, Mailer's Armies of the Night and the Women's Pentagon Actions of the early 1980s - Reed shows how reading literary texts for their political strategies and reading political movements as texts can help to overcome certain rhetorical traps that have undermined efforts to combat racism, sexism and economic inequality.
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
