Texts and contexts: contemporary feminist negotiations of class, race and gender

The original aim of this thesis was to investigate the relationship between feminist writing and the publishing industry. I was particularly interested in exploring the differences between 'successful' feminist wri ting and feminist wri ting which has either remained unpublished or has experienced difficulty in obtaining publication. I intended to foreground considerations of race, class and differences of sexual orientation between women and to explore the extent to which these factors were informing the publication of contemporary feminist writing. [Continues.]