Tag Glossary

Orlando's content is structured by the unique XML tagset described in the Introduction and visualized in the Tag Diagrams. To assist in understanding Search result facets and Tag Search, this Glossary provides definitions for tags and attributes (descriptors associated with tags). Some attributes have set values. These are often explained within definitions of attributes. Other attribute values, such as genre names, are defined within the ontologies of the Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory, which hosts Orlando’s production environment. Searches on this page retrieve tags, attributes, and definitions, but not necessarily attribute values.

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Politics

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POLITICS

POLITICS is one of the 16 major content DIV1 elements in BIOGRAPHY sections of entries defined as integral to mapping a woman's life.It has one content sub-element, POLITICALAFFILIATION, that captures specific political positions taken up. We have interpreted this big-bucket tag broadly—holding that it covers not only established political parties, but splinter groups, pressure groups, campaigners, resisters, ideology, and public goals. Women's involvement in political activities and organizations is a central critical concern in our literary history; we are interested in both how political awareness influenced women's writing and how writing influenced feminist political activity.