Résumés
Abstract
A series of publishing interventions by lesbian-feminists document the transnational aspirations of the U.S. women’s liberation movement in the 1970s, 80, and 90s. The argument about how lesbian‑feminist publishers contributed to transnational feminist attentions unfolds in three parts. First, I examine how feminists built international publishing networks in the 1980s and 1990s. Second, I examine how three lesbian-feminist periodicals, Connexions, Sinister Wisdom, and Ikon, demonstrated commitments to transnational publishing and reading practices. Third, a constellation of five transnational texts published by independent lesbian-feminist publishers reveal the literacies imagined by feminist publishers and how lesbian‑feminist publishers worked to reshape American feminist imaginaries to be more transnational. In a final section, I speculate about how focusing on lesbian‑feminist publishing in the past might illuminate contemporary studies of publishing and inspire new publishing activists.
Keywords:
- Lesbian-feminist,
- feminist,
- transnational,
- U.S. book publishing,
- U.S. women in print movement
Résumé
Une série d’interventions de lesbiennes féministes dans le domaine de l’édition documente les aspirations transnationales du mouvement de libération des femmes aux États-Unis dans les années 1970-1990. L’argumentaire se déroule en trois parties sur la façon dont les éditeurs lesbiens féministes ont contribué aux intérêts féministes transnationaux. Premièrement, j’examine comment les féministes ont construit des réseaux internationaux d’édition dans les années 1980 et 1990. Deuxièmement, j’examine comment trois périodiques lesbiens féministes, Connexions, Sinister Wisdom et Ikon, se sont engagés dans des pratiques transnationales d’édition et de lecture. Troisièmement, une constellation de cinq textes transnationaux publiés par des éditeurs lesbiens féministes indépendants révèle les littératies imaginées par les éditeurs féministes et la manière dont les éditeurs lesbiens féministes ont travaillé à remodeler les imaginaires féministes états-uniens pour les rendre plus transnationaux. Dans une dernière partie, j’émets des hypothèses sur la manière dont l’intérêt pour l’édition lesbienne-féministe du passé pourrait éclairer les études contemporaines sur l’édition et inspirer de nouvelles activistes de l’édition.
Mots-clés :
- Féminisme lesbien,
- féminisme,
- transnational,
- édition de livres aux États-Unis,
- femmes dans le mouvement de l’imprimé aux États‑Unis
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