11 July 2011
Comparisons between ‘Localism or T/here’ and ‘Post Feminism’
There are a number of comparisons that can be drawn between Juliana Spahr’s Localism or T/here and Brenda Shaughnessy’s Post Feminism – two poems concerned with the idea of togetherness in the face of adversity. Shaughnessy uses an exaggerated example of post-feminist society to demonstrate how in spite of trying not to fulfil social expectations of womanhood (the poem refers to prostitutes and mothers), togetherness is important in some context. Spahr prefers to demonstrate how ultimately, togetherness is something that you can share regardless of whether you’re “lost there and here.” In short, these are ...
