LEADER 05233nam 2200805 a 450 001 9910962715503321 005 20251117091350.0 010 $a0-8139-3057-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000000052294 035 $a(EBL)3443943 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000565780 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11375259 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000565780 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10532900 035 $a(PQKB)10623347 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443943 035 $a(OCoLC)759159931 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse6640 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443943 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10495572 035 $a(BIP)33101949 035 $a(BIP)27285604 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000052294 100 $a20090519d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aActs of narrative resistance $ewomen's autobiographical writings in the Americas /$fLaura J. Beard 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCharlottesville $cUniversity of Virginia Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (216 p.) 225 0 $aAmerican literatures initiative 300 $a"The American Literatures Initiative"--T.p. verso. 311 08$a0-8139-2863-X 311 08$a0-8139-2862-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""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 Mari?a Shua's The Book of Memories""; ""4 The Autobiographical Text as Memory Box: Ne?lida Pin?on's The Republic of Dreams"" 327 $a""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"" 330 $aThis exploration of women's autobiographical writings in the Americas focuses on three specific genres: testimonio, metafiction, and the family saga as the story of a nation. What makes Laura J. Beard's work distinctive is her pairing of readings of life narratives by women from different countries and traditions. Her section on metafiction focuses on works by Helena Parente Cunha, of Brazil, and Luisa Futoranksy, of Argentina; the family sagas explored are by Ana Mari?a Shua and Ne?lida Pin?on, of Argentina and Brazil, respectively; and the section on testimonio highlights narratives by Lee Maracle and Shirley Sterling, from different Indigenous nations in British Columbia. In these texts Beard terms "genres of resistance," women resist the cultural definitions imposed upon them in an effort to speak and name their own experiences. The author situates her work in the context of not only other feminist studies of women's autobiographies but also the continuing study of inter-American literature that is demanding more comparative and cross-cultural approaches. Acts of Narrative Resistance addresses prominent issues in the fields of autobiography, comparative literature, and women's studies, and in inter-American, Latin American, and Native American studies. 410 0$aNew World Studies 606 $aAutobiography$xWomen authors 606 $aAutobiography$xPolitical aspects 606 $aLatin American prose literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLatin American prose literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aCanadian prose literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aCanadian prose literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWomen$zAmerica$xBiography$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWomen in literature 606 $aBiography as a literary form 615 0$aAutobiography$xWomen authors. 615 0$aAutobiography$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aLatin American prose literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLatin American prose literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aCanadian prose literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aCanadian prose literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWomen$xBiography$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWomen in literature. 615 0$aBiography as a literary form. 676 $a809/.933522 700 $aBeard$b Laura J.$f1962-$01867552 712 02$aAmerican Literatures Initiative. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910962715503321 996 $aActs of narrative resistance$94475172 997 $aUNINA