Female Friendship

Literary and Artistic Explorations

Slav N. Gratchev (Anthology Editor) , Ida Day (Anthology Editor) , Larry Sheret (Anthology Editor) , Ida Day (Contributor) , Michael Eskin (Contributor) , Victor Fet (Contributor) ,

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Female Friendship

Literary and Artistic Explorations

Slav N. Gratchev (Anthology Editor) , Ida Day (Anthology Editor) , Larry Sheret (Anthology Editor) , Ida Day (Contributor) , Michael Eskin (Contributor) , Victor Fet (Contributor) ,

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This volume focuses on the literary and artistic exploration of female friendship in various geographical contexts, spanning the centuries from the medieval period until the present. The essays address the intense female bonding in world literature as a universal human need for intimacy, sense of belonging, and purpose. The main focus is on the reevaluation of friendships between women, which have been traditionally less epitomized than those between men. The authors of this volume demonstrate how the emotional unions of women offer compelling insights to various historical and contemporary societies, helping us understand gender relations, traditions, family life, and community values.

Chapter 1: “Apt for Friendship”: the Epistolary Friendships of Mary Ward
Alexandra Verini
Chapter 2: Politics and Pain of Women's Cross-Racial Friendships
Ivy Schweitzer
Chapter 3: Fyrir innan stokk: Friendship, Kinship, and Gendered Space in Medieval Iceland
Natalie M. Van Deusen
Chapter 4: “Chloe likes Olivia”: Virginia Woolf's 'Discourse on Method'
Michael Eskin
Chapter 5: Subversive Seeing and Sisterhood in Céline Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
Kathleen J. Waites
Chapter 6: Female Relationships in a Traditional Society: Mujeres de sol, mujeres de oro by Natalia Toledo Paz
Ida Day
Chapter 7: In the Shadows of a World Famous Twentieth Century Relationship: The 2020 Resurrection of Simone de Beauvoir's Foundational Female Friendship
Araceli Hernández-Laroche
Chapter 8: “Perfect Little Ladies”: Female Friendship and New Womanhood in Rochester, New York, 1893-1914
Anya Jabour
Chapter 9: Protofeminist Friendship in Margherita Sarrocchi's Scanderbeide
Adriana Guarro Romero

Product details

Published	Jul 12 2022
Format	Hardback
Edition	1st
Extent	278
ISBN	9781666907230
Imprint	Lexington Books
Illustrations	14 b/w photos;
Dimensions	228 x 160 mm
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Anthology Editor

Slav N. Gratchev

Anthology Editor

Ida Day

Anthology Editor

Larry Sheret

Contributor

Ida Day

Contributor

Michael Eskin

Contributor

Victor Fet

Contributor

Joanne Findon

Contributor

Melissa Garr

Contributor

Adriana Guarro Romero

Contributor

Araceli Hernández-Laroche

Contributor

Anya Jabour

Contributor

Susan Petrilli

Contributor

Ivy Schweitzer

Contributor

Natalie M. Van Deusen

Contributor

Alexandra Verini

Contributor

Kathleen J. Waites

Foreword

Ann Jefferson

After years of critical neglect, the topic of female friendship in art and life is finally receiving the attention it so richly deserves. Female Friendship is a welcome addition to the growing scholarly fascination with this subject. This collection offers a varied and fresh look at what has made women appreciate, need, and support each other over the centuries. Writing across genres and continents, the scholars included in the volume add their voices to the vital and ongoing conversation about not only the remarkable value of female alliances, but also the significant challenges and transformations they must withstand to survive.

Margarita Marinova, Christopher Newport University