Facsimile edition of the 1788 emblem book decreed by Peter the Great, first published for a Russian readership. Emblematics provided a source of artistic means for expression, influencing both high society and folk art. English introduction and translations. A lovely book. In the 1960s and 1970s, feminist intellectuals worked as activists in a mass political struggle. As they gained university posts, they turned their attention to transforming their academic disciplines. This volume grapples with crucial questions posed for feminists by the disciplinary segmentation of knowledge as the separation of intellectual inquiry from social activism. The result, however, is an elucidation of ways that society discounts the perceptions of all who are not male and white. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR