Women taking risks in contemporary autobiographical narratives /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Anna Rocca and Kenneth Reeds
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Newcastle upon Tyne :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2013
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
ix, 232 p. ;
Dimensions
22 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Contains bibliographical references (p. 215-227)
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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
0
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"[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
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
African literature (French)-- Women authors-- History and criticism
Caribbean literature (French)-- Women authors-- History and criticism