Women taking risks in contemporary autobiographical narratives / / edited by Anna Rocca and Kenneth Reeds

• Pubblicazione: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (244 p.)
• Disciplina: 244
• Soggetto topico: Women - Psychology; Risk-taking (Psychology); Security (Psychology)
• Altri autori: RoccaAnna ReedsKenneth
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: part I. Risky disclosures -- part II. Risky leaps -- part III. Life as risk.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Women taking risks in contemporary autobiographical narratives
• ISBN: 1-4438-5329-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790538503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II