Thinking through the mothers : reimagining women's biographies /

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"In Thinking through the Mothers, Janet Beizer surveys modern women's biographies and contemplates alternatives to an approach based in lineage and the form of thought that emphasizes the line, the path, hierarchy, unity, resemblance, reflection, and the aesthetic--mimesis that depends on...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Beizer, Janet L., 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Women > Biography > History and criticism.
Women > Biography > Authorship.
Biography as a literary form.
Biography.
Biographies as Topic.
Femmes > Biographies > Histoire et critique.
Biographie (Genre littéraire)
Biographies.
biographies (literary works)
biography (general genre)
LITERARY CRITICISM > Women Authors.
Biography as a literary form
Women
Women > Biography
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cat's cradle : transfiguring women's lives
  • Unwrapping the mummy : in search of Kuchuk Hanem
  • Writing origins : George Sand as the story of our life
  • A different story : in dialogue with Huguette Bouchardeau
  • One's own : reflections on motherhood, owning, and adoption
  • Mothers and lovers, or the great banalities of existence : Colette's La naissance du jour
  • Epilogue: Books and children (new mythologies).

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