Women taking risks in contemporary autobiographical narratives
Women Taking Risks in Contemporary Autobiographical Narratives explores the nature and effects of risk in self-narrative representations of life events, and is an early step towards confronting the dearth of analysis on this subject. The collection focuses on risk-taking as one of women's artic...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, UK :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
2013.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798216006719 |
| Summary: | Women Taking Risks in Contemporary Autobiographical Narratives explores the nature and effects of risk in self-narrative representations of life events, and is an early step towards confronting the dearth of analysis on this subject. 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. Among many themes, the book fosters discussion on matters of courage, strength, resilience, freedom, self-fulfillment, political engagement, compassio |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781443853293 |
