![]() ![]() Radical Revision (Down with the Patriarchy) ![]() Include women in the canon (more conservative) Search for the lost or forgotten great Women in a field seek Foremothers. Two Types of Feminist Critique of Canons: ![]() Why feminists criticize canons: They enshrine traditional ideas about what makes for "greatness"" in art, literature, music, etc and this "greatness" almost always seens to exclude women. They reinforce the public1s view about what counts as "quality" in a field. How canons get entrenched: They appear everywhere, in courses, textbooks, bookstores, methodologies, belief systems, institutions. They are ex clusive, entrenched, enduring, and self-perpetuating. Canons instruct and represent high quality. What canons do: They provide the measure of what counts as "good" and important in a field. Originally a Lecture at San Jacinto Community College, South Campus, April 11, 1996Ĭanon: from the ancient Greek kanon = straight rod, bar, ruler, model, standard How Feminism Rewrites the History of "Great Men" ![]()
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