FEMININE GOSPELS KEY CONTEXT

When was Duffy born?

1955, Glasgow Scotland

When was Duffy the first female poet laureate of GB?

2009-2019

How did Duffy start out her career?

as a poetry critic for the guardian from 1988-9 and as an editor for the poetry magazine Ambit

What did Duffy begin doing in 1996?

lecturing in poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University where she later became creative director of the writing school

What did Duffy go in her childhood?

grew up attending convent schools and publishing her poetry from the age of 14

What famous thing did Duffy’s father do?

have an unsuccessful bid for parliament in 1983

What was Duffy’s first poem?

standing female nude (plight of woman on the very edge of society, invents the persona of a ‘river whore’ with a cynical outlook on the world, she questions the value of the art and artists (regarded by society as an immoral woman who sells her body, he is a genius

What was the Worlds wife (1999)?

uses well-known female figues to fictional counterparts (eg Queen Herod, Mrs Midas, Queen Kong, Little Red Cap and the Devils wife - Myra Hindley

Who is Ella Duffy?

daughter of CAD and another poet, Peter Benson, born in the mid 1990s, london poet and journalist

Who is Jackie Kay?

had a 15 year relationship with CAD, during this relationship Duffy had Ella, scottish mother and nigerian father and adopted as a baby by Helen and John Kay, lived in Glasgow, John worked for the Communist party of GP and Helen was scottish secretary of the campaign for nuclear disarmament, poems deal with dual heritage

Who was Catherine Marcangeli?

Adrian Henri’s partner for the last 15 years of his life

Who was Adrian Henri?

died in 2000, inspiration for the ‘wolf’ in little red cap (charisimatic, older and experienced poet who introduces the young speaker to literature and love acting as both a mentor and predator), very famous poet and artist, met CAD at ‘the mersey sound’ at a gig when he was 16 and he 23, they lived together for ten years, pair collaborated together (eg 1977 poetry pamphlet, beauty and the beast)

What is first wave feminism?

• rights of women (eg vote or to own land in their own rights) characterised by suffragettes and suffragettes, 1928 women over 21 could vote, De Beaouvoir

What is second wave feminism?

reproductive rights, abortion, contraception, workplace equality and aiming to end DV (Friedan, Ciseaux) eg 1969 abortion act, 1970 equal pay, 1975 sex discrimination act

What is third wave feminism?

• increasingly intersectional, redefine womanhood, gender, sexuality, ‘angry wimmin’, political lesbianism, matrifocal hosueholds (vairty of views eg Greer vs Emma Watson)

What was fourth wave feminism?

• debated whether it actually, METOO movement, achieve full gender equality by tackling sexual harassment, violence against women, body shaming, workplace inequality, FAR MORE INTERSECTIONAL

When was the violence against women recognition?

1993 at a UN conference

When was the protection from harassment act?

1997

When was the sexual offenders act?

1997

What was the cultural shift in the ‘90s’?

girl power movements, eg the spice girls

How were women increasing in politics in 1997?

increased political representation, Labour Party used and ‘all women shortlists’ used to increase representation

When was statutory maternity pay introduced?

1993/4

When was independent taxation?

1990