A well-written, thoughtful analysis of the traditional and recent attitudes toward incest, arguing that incest survivorship should be seen as an urgent feminist political issue. Champagne (English, Syracuse U.) explains why the feminist and academic communities should embrace survivorship as a site of political action by defining its psychological terms, cultural and literary representations, historical terms, and its 1990s visibility which is drawing antifeminist campaigns like the False Memory Syndrome Foundation in its wake. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, (...) OR. (shrink)

In this collection of interviews, Canadian women writers discuss with Janice Williamson (English, U. of Alberta) their thoughts on writing in general and their own work in particular, on the nature of writing as a woman in Canada today, and on the links between women's writing and social change. Each interview is accompanied by a short biocritical piece, a photograph of the writer, and an example of her work. Paper edition (unseen), $17.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.