# Margaret Homans

> A professor of English and women's, gender, and sexuality studies at Yale University, and a feminist literary critic.

A professor of English and women's, gender, and sexuality studies at <Yale University>, and a [feminist](https://wiki.g15e.com/en/pages/Feminism.txt) literary critic.

In her <1986> book [Bearing the Word](https://wiki.g15e.com/en/pages/Bearing%20the%20Word.txt), she discussed the concept of the [absent referent](https://wiki.g15e.com/en/pages/Absent%20referent.txt). After reading it, <Carol J. Adams> extended the concept into an analysis of the intersection of animal and women's oppression ([The Sexual Politics of Meat](https://wiki.g15e.com/en/pages/The%20sexual%20politics%20of%20meat.txt)).

## Publications

- [Bearing the Word](https://wiki.g15e.com/en/pages/Bearing%20the%20Word.txt) (<1986>)