LEADER 04092oam 2200529 450 001 9910300009503321 005 20210201142238.0 010 $a3-319-77081-0 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-77081-9 035 $a(OCoLC)1235812308 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL59U6 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000004243764 100 $a20180302h20182018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aWomen activists and civil rights leaders in auto/biographical literature and films /$fDelphine Letort, Benaouda Lebdai, editors 205 $a1st ed. 2018. 210 1$aNew York, New York :$cSpringer Berlin Heidelberg,$d[2018] 210 4$d?2018 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 231 pages) $cillustrations (chiefly color) 225 0 $aGale eBooks 311 $a3-319-77080-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Introduction, Delphine Letort and Benaouda Lebdai -- Section 1: The Lives of Women Activists -- 2. Winnie Madikizela Mandela: the Construction of a South African Political Icon, Benaouda Lebdai -- 3. ?Revoluting? or writing? Ahdaf Soueif and the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, Jacqueline Jondot -- 4. Autobiography of an Activist: Sophonisba Breckinridge, ?Champion of the Championless?, Anya Jabour -- 5. 'Lean In and Tell Me a (True) Story': Sheryl Sandberg?s Revision of Feminist History -- Section 2: Black History in Auto/biographical Texts -- 6. The Many Lives of Ida B. Wells: Autobiography, Historical Biography, and Documentary, Delphine Letort -- 7. Malcolm X: From the Autobiography to Spike Lee?s Film, Two Complementary Perspectives on the Man and the Militant Black Leader, Dominique Dubois -- 8. Michelle Obama: the Voice and Embodiment of (African) American History, Pierre-Marie Loizeau -- 9. Ghost Writing and Filming Biography in Twelve/12 Years a Slave, Sylvie Charron -- Section 3: The Leaders' (Hi)stories in Biographical Films -- 10. Biographical Motion Pictures and the Resuscitation of ?Real Lives?, Taïna Tuhkunen -- 11. ?Negro Girl (Meager)?: Black Women?s In/visibility in Contemporary Films about Slavery, Lisa Botshon and Melinda Plastas -- 12. Queering the Biopic? Milk (2008) and the Biographic Real, Isabelle Van Peteghem-Tréard -- 13. In Search of Purcell?s Legacy: Tony Palmer?s England, My England (1995), Nicole Cloarec -- 14. Does one Need to be a Man in order to be a Great Man?, Nathalie Prince. 330 $aThis collective book offers new insight on the genres of biography and autobiography by examining the singular path of those deemed to be ?outsiders?, such as Winnie Mandela, Ida B. Wells, Malcolm X and Harvey Milk. Its specific focus on these female leaders and civil rights activists, who refused to be constrained by gender, race and class, shifts attention away from the great men of history and places it solely on those who have transformed their personal lives into a fight for collective goals. With an interdisciplinary approach that looks at literature, cinema and cultural studies, Women Activists and Civil Rights Leaders in Auto/Biographical Literature and Cinema argues that life writing is a key source of artistic creativity and activism which enables us to take a fresh look at history. . 606 $aBiography as a literary form 606 $aWomen political activists$vBiography 606 $aWomen civil rights workers$vBiography 606 $aMotion pictures and television 606 $aCulture$xStudy and teaching 615 0$aBiography as a literary form. 615 0$aWomen political activists 615 0$aWomen civil rights workers 615 0$aMotion pictures and television. 615 0$aCulture$xStudy and teaching. 676 $a791.4 702 $aLetort$b Delphine 702 $aLebdai$b Benaouda 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910300009503321 996 $aWomen Activists and Civil Rights Leaders in Auto$92150050 997 $aUNINA