Shifting Subjects : Plural Subjectivity in Contemporary Francophone Women's Autobiography.
There are many different ways to say 'I.' This book examines the ways in which four contemporary women writers (HZl_ne Cixous, Assia Djebar, Gis_le Halimi and Julia Kristeva) have written their autobiographical 'I' as a plural concept. These women refuse the individual 'I�...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham :
University of Delaware,
2011
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | There are many different ways to say 'I.' This book examines the ways in which four contemporary women writers (HZl_ne Cixous, Assia Djebar, Gis_le Halimi and Julia Kristeva) have written their autobiographical 'I' as a plural concept. These women refuse the individual 'I' of traditional autobiography by developing narrative strategies that multiply the voices in their texts. Each chapter examines a text, or a series of texts, that offers a different approach to writing a plural 'I.' Taken together, the texts depart from current theorizations of the female autobiographical 'I, ' by calling for. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (173 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781611490312 1611490316 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
