Contribution to Book
Trojan Women and Devil Baby Tales: Jane Addams on Domestic Violence
Feminist Interpretations of Jane Addams
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
1-1-2010
Abstract
In this discussion I will show how Addams used these bodies of knowledge in shaping a pragmatist-feminist analysis of the devil baby tales and of domestic violence. Pragmatists begin with people's concrete experience within specific, lived contexts and then return to experience to test their theories and concepts. Feminist pragmatists such as Addams give women's experiences central place. In her analysis of the devil baby tales and domestic violence, Addams presents the most marginalized women, not merely as victims, but as agents and artists in their own right.
Inclusive pages
81-105
ISBN/ISSN
978-0-271-03693-9
Document Version
Published Version
Copyright
Copyright © 2010, Pennsylvania State University Press
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Place of Publication
University Park, PA
Disciplines
Citation Information
Marilyn Fischer. "Trojan Women and Devil Baby Tales: Jane Addams on Domestic Violence" Feminist Interpretations of Jane Addams (2010) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_fischer/36/
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