05233nam 2200805 a 450 991096271550332120251117091350.00-8139-3057-X(CKB)2550000000052294(EBL)3443943(SSID)ssj0000565780(PQKBManifestationID)11375259(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000565780(PQKBWorkID)10532900(PQKB)10623347(MiAaPQ)EBC3443943(OCoLC)759159931(MdBmJHUP)muse6640(Au-PeEL)EBL3443943(CaPaEBR)ebr10495572(BIP)33101949(BIP)27285604(EXLCZ)99255000000005229420090519d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrActs of narrative resistance women's autobiographical writings in the Americas /Laura J. Beard1st ed.Charlottesville University of Virginia Press20091 online resource (216 p.)American literatures initiative"The American Literatures Initiative"--T.p. verso.0-8139-2863-X 0-8139-2862-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""PART ONE: Addressing the Self: Autobiographical Metafiction""; ""1 The Mirrored Self: Helena Parente Cunha's Women between Mirrors""; ""2 The Self in Exile: Luisa Futoransky's Babelic Metatext""; ""PART TWO: From Self to Family to Nation: The Family Saga as an Autobiographical Genre""; ""3 Re-membering the Nation by Remembering the Family: Ana María Shua's The Book of Memories""; ""4 The Autobiographical Text as Memory Box: Nélida Piñon's The Republic of Dreams""""PART THREE: Bearing Witness to the Self and the Community: Testimonial Works by Indigenous Women""""5 ""The Life of Bobbi Lee Is about Why We Must Talk"": Testimonial Literature as a Call to Action""; ""6 ""Part of Surviving Is through Remembering"": The Ethics and Politics of Life Narratives about Indian Residential School Experiences""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Works Cited""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""This exploration of women's autobiographical writings in the Americas focuses on three specific genres: testimonio, metafiction, and the family saga as the story of a nation. What makes Laura J. Beard's work distinctive is her pairing of readings of life narratives by women from different countries and traditions. Her section on metafiction focuses on works by Helena Parente Cunha, of Brazil, and Luisa Futoranksy, of Argentina; the family sagas explored are by Ana María Shua and Nélida Piñon, of Argentina and Brazil, respectively; and the section on testimonio highlights narratives by Lee Maracle and Shirley Sterling, from different Indigenous nations in British Columbia. In these texts Beard terms "genres of resistance," women resist the cultural definitions imposed upon them in an effort to speak and name their own experiences. The author situates her work in the context of not only other feminist studies of women's autobiographies but also the continuing study of inter-American literature that is demanding more comparative and cross-cultural approaches. Acts of Narrative Resistance addresses prominent issues in the fields of autobiography, comparative literature, and women's studies, and in inter-American, Latin American, and Native American studies.New World StudiesAutobiographyWomen authorsAutobiographyPolitical aspectsLatin American prose literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticismLatin American prose literature20th centuryHistory and criticismCanadian prose literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticismCanadian prose literature20th centuryHistory and criticismWomenAmericaBiographyHistory and criticismWomen in literatureBiography as a literary formAutobiographyWomen authors.AutobiographyPolitical aspects.Latin American prose literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticism.Latin American prose literatureHistory and criticism.Canadian prose literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticism.Canadian prose literatureHistory and criticism.WomenBiographyHistory and criticism.Women in literature.Biography as a literary form.809/.933522Beard Laura J.1962-1867552American Literatures Initiative.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910962715503321Acts of narrative resistance4475172UNINA