A Map of Hope: Women's Writing on Human Rights--An International Literary Anthology

by Marjorie Agosín

Book Overview

The first international anthology to explore women's human rights from a literary perspective.

More than half a century after the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, women throughout the world still struggle for social and political justice. Many fight back with the only tools of resistance they possess--words. A Map of Hope presents a collection of 77 extraordinary literary works documenting the ways women writers have spoken out...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813526264
• ISBN13: 9780813526263
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 9.6"
• Grade Range: Grades 10 to 12