a feminist theory of women's self-representation
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Gilmore, Leigh
- Publish Year
- 1995
- Shelfmark
- WER 54 1995 - B
- Thesaurus
- autobiografieën, vrouwbeelden, schrijvers, zwarte vrouwen, latina's, lesbische vrouwen, middeleeuwen
- Description
- This book offers a feminist critique of autobiography as a genre. Gilmore incorporates writings that have not up to now been considered part of the autobiographical tradition: from the confessions of medieval mystics to contemporary works oby Chicana and lesbian writers. The chapters include: Represent Yourself: Bastard Testimony: Illegitimacy and Incest in Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina: There Will Always Be a Father: Transference and the Auto/biographical Demand in Mikal Gilmore's Shot in the Heart: There Will Always Be a Mother: Jamaica Kincaid's Serial Autobiography: Without Names: An Anatomy of Absence in Jeanette Winterson's Written on the Body: Conclusion - the Knowing Subject and an Alternative Jurisprudence of Trauma.