The shapes of silence : writing by women of colour and the politics of testimony /

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"The Shapes of Silence examines fiction, memoir, and autobiographical writing by marginalized women whose stories give voice to the gendered dimensions of colonial violence. Drawing from the insights of subaltern studies and postcolonial feminisms, Proma Tagore brings together the work of a div...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tagore, Proma, 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2009.
Temas:
1900-1999
Reportage literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Reportage literature > Minority authors > History and criticism.
Women in literature.
Women and literature.
Prose literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Prose literature > Minority authors > History and criticism.
Prose literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Écrits de femmes > Histoire et critique.
Littérature de reportage > Auteurs issus des minorités > Histoire et critique.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Femmes et littérature.
Prose > Auteurs issus des minorités > Histoire et critique.
Prose > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Women Authors.
POETRY > Canadian.
Prose literature
Prose literature > Women authors
Women and literature
Women in literature
Schriftstellerin
Postkoloniale Literatur
Minderheitenliteratur
Englisch.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Silence, speech, voice, and the politics of testimony
  • Witnessing as testimony: Toni Morrison's The bluest eye and Shani Mootoo's Cereus blooms at night
  • Testimonial remembrance and historical narration: Louise Erdrich's Tracks and M.K. Indira's Phaniyamma
  • Testimony, translation, and subalternity: Rashsundari Debi's Amar Jiban and Mahasweta Devi's Imaginary maps
  • Witnessing, remembrance, and resistance: living and embodied archives.

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