Routledge Companion to Global Women's Writing (The)

Covering both traditional and emerging issues and methodologies, The Routledge Companion to Global Women’s Writing equips readers with interdisciplinary and intersectional approaches to women’s writing in the global context. Movements and experiences continuously shaping the twenty-first century clarify the urgent need for expanding and re-envisioning academic and social definitions of gender, location, and creative expression. The Companion forges new directions in and conceptualizations of identity, experience, and practice of diverse communities across the world. The volume provides a conjunctive methodology, building on existing scholarly frameworks while encouraging readers to envision new possibilities that enhance future conversations and a multiplicity of voices and perspectives, ranging from established authors’ commentary on key debates to the innovative work of emerging scholars and practitioners. Offering diverse critical and creative access to the nexus of women’s writing, this Companion provides a comprehensive yet accessible introduction for those looking to extend their knowledge of this essential field.

Ina C. Seethaler received her Ph.D. in English with a graduate minor in Women’s and Gender Studies from Saint Louis University. She serves as Associate Professor and Director of Women’s and Gender Studies at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, SC, USA. Her research connects gender, migration, and literature. She has published, among others, in Frontiers: A Journal of Women’s Studies, Women’s Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, a/ b: Auto/Biography Studies, Feminist Formations, and American Studies. Her book Lives Beyond Borders: US Immigrant Women’s Life Writing, Nationality, and Social Justice on immigrant women’s life writing, nationality, and social justice was published in 2021.

Tripthi Pillai holds a Ph.D. in English from Loyola University Chicago. A Professor of English at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, SC, USA, she serves as Associate Dean in the College for Humanities and Fine Arts. Her recent publications include “Mourner-Confessors: The Masala Intercommunity of Women in Rudaali and Hamlet” in postmedieval; “Rash’s Shakespearean Ecologies: Autopoietic and Allopoietic Remediations of Serena in Macbeth” in Summoning the Dead: Essays on Ron Rash; “Cute Lacerations in Doctor Faustus and Omkara” in The Retro-Futurism of Cuteness; and “Shoe Talk and Shoe Silence in The Two Gentlemen of Verona” in Object Oriented Environs.