Writing selves : contemporary feminist autography /

Why "autography"? Because there really is no genre for feminist self-writing. This is the territory, between autobiography and feminist thought, that Jeanne Perreault marks out. Writing Selves retheorizes ideas of self, identity, and community as embodied and textualized forces of change....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Perreault, Jeanne, 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©1995.
Temas:
Rich, Adrienne, > 1929-2012 > Criticism and interpretation.
Williams, Patricia J., > 1951- > Alchemy of race and rights.
Lorde, Audre. > Cancer journals.
Millett, Kate. > Basement.
Rich, Adrienne Cecile > Critique et interprétation.
Rich, Adrienne, > 1929-2012
1900-1999
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Feminism and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Women > United States > Biography > History and criticism.
Authorship > Sex differences.
Self in literature.
Autobiography.
American literature > History and criticism.
Littérature américaine > Histoire et critique.
Féminisme et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Femmes et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Femmes > États-Unis > Biographies > Histoire et critique.
Moi (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
Autobiographie.
Écrits de femmes américains > Histoire et critique.
Art d'écrire > Différences entre sexes.
autobiography (genre)
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > Essays.
Women
American literature
American literature > Women authors
Authorship > Sex differences
Autobiography
Feminism and literature
Self in literature
Women and literature
Women > Biography
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Why "autography"? Because there really is no genre for feminist self-writing. This is the territory, between autobiography and feminist thought, that Jeanne Perreault marks out. Writing Selves retheorizes ideas of self, identity, and community as embodied and textualized forces of change. In the writers under study, "selvings" intersect the discourses of history, the law, and the sexual and racial body. Looking to Audre Lorde's Cancer Journals, Kate Millet's The Basement, Adrienne Rich's later prose and poetry, and Patricia Williams's "diary," among other works, Perreault compellingly examines
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 153 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-150) and index.
ISBN:9780816686711
0816686718
9780816626540
0816626545

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