The shapes of silence [[electronic resource] ] : writing by women of colour and the politics of testimony / / Proma Tagore

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459982603321
• Autore: Tagore Proma <1971->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2009
• ISBN: 1-282-86733-4; 9786612867330; 0-7735-7689-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (198 p.)
• Disciplina: 809/.89287
• Soggetti: Prose literature - Minority authors - History and criticism; Prose literature - Women authors - History and criticism; Prose literature - 20th century - History and criticism; Reportage literature - Minority authors - History and criticism; Reportage literature - Women authors - History and criticism; Women and literature; Women in literature; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Silence, speech, voice, and the politics of testimony -- Witnessing as testimony : Toni Morrison's The bluest eye and Shani Mootoo's Cereus blooms at night -- Testimonial remembrance and historical narration : Louise Erdrich's Tracks and M.K. Indira's Phaniyamma -- Testimony, translation, and subalternity : Rashsundari Debi's Amar Jiban and Mahasweta Devi's Imaginary maps -- Witnessing, remembrance, and resistance : living and embodied archives.