LEADER 04984nam 22007334a 450 001 9910954333203321 005 20171026195700.0 010 $a9786612597794 010 $a9781282597792 010 $a1282597795 010 $a9780472026289 010 $a0472026283 024 7 $a10.3998/mpub.11482 035 $a(CKB)2520000000006849 035 $a(OCoLC)606200757 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10371934 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000418429 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11267099 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000418429 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10370593 035 $a(PQKB)10783489 035 $a(MiU)10.3998/mpub.11482 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3414693 035 $a(BIP)9745996 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000006849 100 $a20040316d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGates of freedom $eVoltairine de Cleyre and the revolution of the mind : with selections from her writing /$fEugenia C. DeLamotte 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAnn Arbor :$cUniversity of Michigan Press,$d[2004] 215 $a1 online resource (345 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780472068678 311 08$a0472068679 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 322-331) and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Part One: Revolution of the Mind -- Introduction -- 1. Freeing Thought -- 2. Fated Fruit -- 3. Sex Slavery -- 4. Refashioning the Mind -- Part Two: Selected Writings of Voltairine de Cleyre -- Section One. De Cleyre's Lifework: Hope, Despair, Solidarity -- The Burial of My Past Self -- New and Strange Ideas -- Civilizing the World -- To Print the Force of My Will -- Do You Remember . . . ? -- Possessed by Barren Doubts -- Impractical! Hell! -- Report of the Work of the Chicago Mexican Defense League -- Section Two. Freedom, Justice, Anarchism -- The Hurricane -- A Rocket of Iron -- Appeal for Herman Helcher -- The Chain Gang -- The Commune Is Risen -- Section Three. On Women, Sexuality, and the Body -- Selling Their Bodies -- Sex Slavery -- The Gates of Freedom -- The White Room -- Mary Wollstonecraft -- If I Had Married Him -- The Past and Future of the Ladies' Liberal League -- The Case of Woman vs. Orthodoxy -- The Woman Question -- The Heart of Angiolillo -- The Death of Love -- The Hopelessly Fallen -- They Who Marry Do Ill -- Notes to Part I -- Works Cited -- Selected Index of Names. 330 $a"The question of souls is old; we demand our bodies, now." These words are not from a feminist manifesto of the late twentieth century, but from a fiery speech given a hundred years earlier by Voltairine de Cleyre, a leading anarchist and radical thinker. A contemporary of Emma Goldman---who called her "the most gifted and brilliant anarchist woman America ever produced"---de Cleyre was a significant force in a major social movement that sought to transform American society and culture at its root. But she belongs to a group of late-nineteenth-century freethinkers, anarchists, and sex-radicals whose writing continues to be excluded from the U.S. literary and historical canon. Gates of Freedom considers de Cleyre's speeches, letters, and essays, including her most well known essay, "Sex Slavery." Part I brings current critical concerns to bear on de Cleyre's writings, exploring her contributions to the anarchist movement, her analyses of justice and violence, and her views on women, sexuality, and the body. Eugenia DeLamotte demonstrates both de Cleyre's literary significance and the importance of her work to feminist theory, women's studies, literary and cultural studies, U.S. history, and contemporary social and cultural analysis. Part II presents a thematically organized selection of de Cleyre's stirring writings, making Gates of Freedom appealing to scholars, students, and anyone interested in Voltairine de Cleyre's fascinating life and rousing work. Eugenia C. DeLamotte is Associate Professor of English, Arizona State University. 606 $aWomen anarchists$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aWomen and literature$zUnited States 606 $aFeminists$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aWomen authors, American$vBiography 606 $aAnarchism$zUnited States 606 $aFeminism and literature$zUnited States 615 0$aWomen anarchists 615 0$aWomen and literature 615 0$aFeminists 615 0$aWomen authors, American 615 0$aAnarchism 615 0$aFeminism and literature 676 $a335/.83/092 676 $aB 700 $aDeLamotte$b Eugenia C$0546106 701 $aDe Cleyre$b Voltairine$f1866-1912.$0793779 712 02$aMichigan Publishing (University of Michigan) 801 0$bMiU 801 1$bMiU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910954333203321 996 $aGates of freedom$94473011 997 $aUNINA