Women taking risks in contemporary autobiographical narratives
"[The book] explores the nature and effects of risk in self-narrative representations of live events. ... The collection focuses on risk-taking as one of women's articulations of authorial agency displayed in literary, testimonial, photographic, travel and film documentary forms of autobio...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Newcastle upon Tyne
Cambridge Scholars
2013
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Women authors, French / History and criticism
> African literature (French) / Women authors / History and criticism
> Caribbean literature (French) / Women authors / History and criticism
> Self in literature
> Autobiografische Literatur
> Schriftstellerin
> Risiko
> Frankophone Karibik
> Frankophones Afrika
> Aufsatzsammlung
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "[The book] explores the nature and effects of risk in self-narrative representations of live events. ... The collection focuses on risk-taking as one of women's articulations of authorial agency displayed in literary, testimonial, photographic, travel and film documentary forms of autobiographical expression in French." -- from dustjacket |
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| Beschreibung: | Contains bibliographical references (p. 215-227) A fine risk / Trudy Agar -- Exorcising obscenity / Marzia Caporale -- Ken Bugul's story and Herstory ? / Christopher Hogarth -- Strange and terrible / Noelle Giguere -- Worth the risk / Cathy Jellenik -- Virginie Despentes and the risk of a twentieth-century autobiographical manifesto / Natalie Edwards -- The words that say ot / Amy L. Hubbell -- In the name of the father / Adrienne Angelo -- Leila Abouzeid and Houria Boussejra / Anna Rocca -- Women's creative performance / Nevine el Nossery -- "Fiancee du danger" / Jean Anderson -- Running risks / Jane E. Evans -- A venture from Guadeloupe to Paris / Boukary Sawadogo -- Is testimony too risque for literature ? / Isabelle Favre |
| Beschreibung: | ix, 232 p. 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781443849791 978-1-4438-4979-1 |