Engagement or Retreat

On Women’s Publishing and Making a Public

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5283/copas.408

Keywords:

Women's Writing, Publishing Strategies, Feminist Presses, Counterpublic, Enclave, Independent Publishing, Digital Literary Magazines

Abstract

This paper investigates two publishing strategies employed by feminist publishing ventures and the publics they form.  With the growing success of women in publishing, their work moves from being published primarily in feminist presses to being found in all possible formats of publishing. Nevertheless, said feminist presses and publishing outlets have always been and still are highly productive and relevant spaces for the feminist cause and movement. They offer options of intervention with or retreat from the market and a broader public and can create their own smaller (counter) public or enclave.

Author Biography

  • Nina Wintermeyer, JMU-Würzburg
    Nina Wintermeyer, M.A., is a PhD candidate at the Graduate School of Humanities and a lecturer at the Chair of English Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Würzburg. Her research and PhD project focuses primarily on contemporary feminist publishing strategies and the works they produce. Her further work revolves around women’s literary production at large, feminist theory and praxis, and (contemporary) Shakespeare studies.

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Published

2025-10-17

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Vol. 26 No. 1 (2025)

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How to Cite

Wintermeyer, Nina. “Engagement or Retreat: On Women’s Publishing and Making a Public”. Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies, vol. 26, no. 1, Oct. 2025, pp. 82-97, https://doi.org/10.5283/copas.408.