James, Alice

James, Alice

Alice James

1 March 2003Review

Spinifex Press 2002; ISBN 1 876 75627 6, 500pp, US$19.95

When the voices of war and the “war on terrorism” are raised around the world, the voices of women, feminists with different opinions, perspectives and experience are silenced or drowned out.

 

This volume of essays, personal stories, poetry and statements is a welcome collection of voices from around the world. In the words of the dedication, “... women who have struggled to perfect the difficult and valuable skill of surviving, who refuse to be overwhelmed by the…