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Women, Autobiography, Theory
Sidonie Smith
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Description for Women, Autobiography, Theory
Paperback. This is a guide to the field of women's autobiography. The 39 essays explore narratives across the centuries, including testimonies, diaries, memoirs, letters, trauma accounts, prison narratives, coming out stories, coming of age stories and spiritual autobiographies. Editor(s): Smith, Sidonie; Watson, Julia. Series: Wisconsin Studies in American Autobiography. Num Pages: 880 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 33. Weight in Grams: 889.
Women, Autobiography, Theory is the first comprehensive guide to the burgeoning field of women’s autobiography, drawing into one volume the most significant theoretical discussions on women’s life writing of the last two decades.
The authoritative introduction by Sidonie Smith and Julia Watson surveys writing about women’s lives from the women’s movement of the late 1960s to the present. It also relates theoretical positions in women’s autobiography studies to postmodern, poststructuralist, postcolonial, and feminist analyses.
The essays from thirty-nine prominent critics and writers include many considered classics in this field. They explore narratives across the centuries and from around ... Read more
Women, Autobiography, Theory is the first comprehensive guide to the burgeoning field of women’s autobiography, drawing into one volume the most significant theoretical discussions on women’s life writing of the last two decades.
The authoritative introduction by Sidonie Smith and Julia Watson surveys writing about women’s lives from the women’s movement of the late 1960s to the present. It also relates theoretical positions in women’s autobiography studies to postmodern, poststructuralist, postcolonial, and feminist analyses.
The essays from thirty-nine prominent critics and writers include many considered classics in this field. They explore narratives across the centuries and from around ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Number of pages
880
Condition
New
Series
Wisconsin Studies in American Autobiography
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299158446
SKU
V9780299158446
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About Sidonie Smith
Sidonie Smith is Martha Guernsey Colby Collegiate Professor of English and Women's Studies and chair of the Department of English at the University of Michigan. Julia Watson is associate professor of comparative studies at The Ohio State University. Their several previous books include Reading Autobiography and Women, Autobiography, Theory: A Reader.
Reviews for Women, Autobiography, Theory
“There is no other reader like this one on theories of women’s autobiography, despite the now wide-ranging approaches to this field. . . . It has the merit of combining within the genre of autobiography criticism many of the critical issues that have been paramount during the past two decades, incorporating and going beyond what both feminism and cultural studies ... Read more