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Author Beard, Laura J., 1962-

Title Acts of narrative resistance : women's autobiographical writings in the Americas / Laura J. Beard
Published Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 199 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE: Addressing the Self: Autobiographical Metafiction; 1 The Mirrored Self: Helena Parente Cunha's Women between Mirrors; 2 The Self in Exile: Luisa Futoransky's Babelic Metatext; PART TWO: From Self to Family to Nation: The Family Saga as an Autobiographical Genre; 3 Re-membering the Nation by Remembering the Family: Ana María Shua's The Book of Memories; 4 The Autobiographical Text as Memory Box: Nélida Piñon's The Republic of Dreams
PART THREE: Bearing Witness to the Self and the Community: Testimonial Works by Indigenous Women5 ""The Life of Bobbi Lee Is about Why We Must Talk"": Testimonial Literature as a Call to Action; 6 ""Part of Surviving Is through Remembering"": The Ethics and Politics of Life Narratives about Indian Residential School Experiences; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Notes "The American Literatures Initiative"--Title page verso
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Autobiography -- Women authors.
Autobiography -- Political aspects
Latin American prose literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism
Latin American prose literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Canadian prose literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism
Canadian prose literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Women -- America -- Biography -- History and criticism
Women in literature.
Biography as a literary form.
Biography.
biographies (literary works)
biography (general genre)
LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
Autobiography -- Women authors
Biography as a literary form
Canadian prose literature
Canadian prose literature -- Women authors
Latin American prose literature
Women
Women in literature
America
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author American Literatures Initiative.
ISBN 9780813930572
081393057X