Emma Goldman and the Tragedy of Modern Love
The appropriation of Emma Goldman as feminist "foremother" was an act of historical revisionism based more on elective affinities than on the facts of Goldman's life. Gurstein examines Candace Falk's biography "Emma Goldman: A Guide to Her Life and Documentary Sources,"...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Salmagundi (Saratoga Springs) 2002-07 (135/136), p.67 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The appropriation of Emma Goldman as feminist "foremother" was an act of historical revisionism based more on elective affinities than on the facts of Goldman's life. Gurstein examines Candace Falk's biography "Emma Goldman: A Guide to Her Life and Documentary Sources," which claims that Goldman's apparent failure to live up her ideal of free love is one of the greatest disappointments for feminists. |
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| ISSN: | 0036-3529 2330-0876 |