''Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature'' (''TSWL''), founded by

Germaine Greer Germaine Greer (; born 29 January 1939) is an Australian writer and public intellectual, regarded as one of the major voices of the radical feminist movement in the latter half of the 20th century. Specializing in English and women's literat ...

in 1982, is devoted to the study of women's literature and women's writing in general. Publishing "articles, notes, research, and reviews of literary, historicist, and theoretical work by established and emerging scholars in the field of

women's literature The academic discipline of women's writing is a discrete area of literary studies which is based on the notion that the experience of women, historically, has been shaped by their sex, and so women writers by definition are a group worthy of separ ...

and

feminist theory Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical, fictional, or philosophical discourse. It aims to understand the nature of gender inequality. It examines women's and men's social roles, experiences, interests, chores, and feminist ...

","About the Journal"
''Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature''. it has been described as the "longest-running academic journal focusing exclusively on women's writing".

About

Germaine Greer, 28 October 2013 (cropped)

As part of the now-defunct Tulsa Center for the Study of Women's Literature, the journal was founded in 1982 by Germaine Greer while she was teaching at the

University of Tulsa The University of Tulsa (TU) is a private research university in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It has a historic affiliation with the Presbyterian Church and the campus architectural style is predominantly Collegiate Gothic. The school traces its origin to ...

. Greer's purpose for the journal was to begin "the rehabilitation of women's literary history".''Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature'' 1.1 (1982): 23 Following her tenure, Shari Benstock (1983–1986), Mary O’Toole (1986–1988), Holly Laird (1988–2005), and Laura Stevens (2005-2016) each served as the journal's editor. Jennifer Airey became the editor in 2016. The distinctive TSWL logo, present from the journal's inaugural issue, is a saxifrage flower, captioned with a quotation from William Turner's ''Herbal'': "The white saxifrage with the indented leafe is moste commended for the breakinge of the stone."''Herbal'' 3 (1568): 68 The journal's editorial and advisory boards include scholars prominent in their fields. Board members include

Nina Auerbach Nina Auerbach (May 24, 1943 in New York City – February 4, 2017) was the John Welsh Centennial Professor of English Emerita at the University of Pennsylvania. Her special area of concentration was nineteenth-century England. She published, lecture ...

Marilyn Butler Marilyn Speers Butler, Lady Butler, FRSA, FRSL, FBA (''née'' Evans; 11 February 1937 – 11 March 2014) was a British literary critic. She was King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at the University of Cambridge from 1986 to 1993, ...

Carol T. Christ Carol Tecla Christ (born 1944) is an American academic administrator. In March 2017, she was named the 11th Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, the first woman to hold that position. She succeeded outgoing Chancellor Nicholas ...

, Helen Cooper, Sandra M. Gilbert, Susan Gubar,

Peggy Kamuf Peggy Kamuf (born 1947) is the Marion Frances Chevalier Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of Southern California. She is one of the primary English translators of the works of Jacques Derrida. She received the Americ ...

, and

Jane Marcus Jane Marcus (1938–2015) was a pioneering feminist literary scholar, specializing in women writers of the Modernist era, but especially in the social and political context of their writings. Focusing on Virginia Woolf, Rebecca West, and Nancy Cuna ...

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'Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature'' Advisory and Editorial Boards

Content

In addition to articles, notes, research, and reviews, ''Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature'' has published numerous forums and special issues during its twenty-eight-year run: *The Silver Jubilee Issue: What We Have Done & Where We Are Going, Vol. 26. No. 1 (Spring 2007) *Emotions, Vol. 25, No. 1 (Spring 2006) *The Feminist Legacy of

Carolyn Heilbrun Carolyn Gold Heilbrun (January 13, 1926 – October 9, 2003) was an American academic at Columbia University, the first woman to receive tenure in the English department, and a prolific feminist author of academic studies. In addition, beginning ...

, Vol. 24, No. 2 (Fall 2005) *Where in the World is

Transnational Feminism Transnational feminism refers to both a contemporary feminist paradigm and the corresponding activist movement. Both the theories and activist practices are concerned with how globalization and capitalism affect people across nations, races, ...

? Vol. 23, No. 1 (Spring 2004) *The Adoption Issue, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Fall 2002) *

Feminism Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes. Feminism incorporates the position that society prioritizes the male po ...

and Time, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Spring 2002) *Women Writing Across the World, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Fall 2001) *Problems of Beauty in Feminist Studies, Vol. 19, No. 2 (Fall 2000) *Political Discourse/British Women's Writing, 1640–1867, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Fall 1998) *After Empire II, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Fall 1996) *After Empire I, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Spring 1996) *On Collaborations II, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Spring 1995) *On Collaborations I, Vol. 13, No. 2 (Fall 1994) *Is There an Anglo-American Feminist Criticism? Vol. 12, No. 2 (Fall 1993) *South African Women Writing, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Spring 1992) *Redefining Marginality, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Spring 1991) *Women Writing Autobiography, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Spring 1990) *Towards a Gendered Modernity, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Spring 1989) *Woman and Nation, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Fall 1987) *Feminist Issues in Literary Scholarship, Vol. 3, Nos. 1/2 (Spring/Fall 1984)6
'Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature'' Index of Issues The journal has developed two new features over its history: the Archives and Innovations sections. The Archives section, instituted in 1986, "is devoted to the transmission and discussion of the findings of archival research and its theory and practice."''Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature'' 5.1 (1986): 133 The Innovations section presents new approaches to the study of women writers.

Awards

The journal has been recognized several times by the Council of Editors of Learned Journals. Two issues of ''TSWL'' have won the Best Special Issue Award: "Feminist Issues in Literary Scholarship" (1984), edited by Shari Benstock, and "Redefining Marginality" (1991), edited by Holly Laird. "Toward a Gendered Modernity" (1988), edited by Holly Laird, was also a finalist for the Best Special Issue Award.8
CELJ Best Special Issue Awards In 2007 Holly Laird received the Distinguished Editor Award.9
CELJ Distinguished Editors

References

External links

''Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature'' Official Site

''TSWL'' on JSTOR

''TSWL'' on Project MUSE
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