feminist narratives in the public sphere
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Lara, Maria Pia
- Publish Year
- 1998
- Shelfmark
- WER 54 1998 - B
- Thesaurus
- theorieën, vrouwenbewegingen, vrouwbeelden, literatuur, historisch
- Description
- When dominated groups create publicly-oriented social movements, the author argues, they seek to frame their demands in compelling narrative forms. Through these new tales, they can become active subjects in their own stories. In making her argument, Lara examines women's narratives: autobiographies of eighteenth-century salonnières, the novels of Jane Austen, the writings of contemporary women activists, and the portrayal of women in television and film. Taking stock of contemporary feminist writings in social science, history, literature, jurisprudence, and philosophy, she suggests that they can be viewed not only as empirical accounts of injustice but also as cultural narratives. Lara contends that these narratives have transformed the individual identities of women.