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From the Personal to the Political: Toward a New Theory of Maternal Narrative
Andrea O´reilly (Ed.)
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Hardcover. Seeks to analyze the autobiographical perspective of mothering and motherhood not purely as their inner, emotional and private narratives. This collection features essays that position autobiography, in both theory and fiction, as a profoundly cultural and political text that makes social change possible. Editor(s): O'Reilly, Andrea; Caporale-Bizzini, Silvia. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
From the Personal to the Political seeks to analyze the autobiographical perspective of mothering and motherhood not purely as their inner, emotional and private narratives. The collection aims at evidentiating how autobiographical writing gives voice to the historically determined experience of mothering and makes visible the importance of mothers as resilient and political agents. The volume is divided into two sections. The first focuses on what may be termed 'autobiographical theory'. The contributors in this section use their life stories to theorize upon a social maternal perspective such as that as single mothers, mothers of children with disabilities, ... Read more
From the Personal to the Political seeks to analyze the autobiographical perspective of mothering and motherhood not purely as their inner, emotional and private narratives. The collection aims at evidentiating how autobiographical writing gives voice to the historically determined experience of mothering and makes visible the importance of mothers as resilient and political agents. The volume is divided into two sections. The first focuses on what may be termed 'autobiographical theory'. The contributors in this section use their life stories to theorize upon a social maternal perspective such as that as single mothers, mothers of children with disabilities, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Susquehanna University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
498g
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781575911298
SKU
V9781575911298
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99-15
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