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Contemporary feminist life-writing / Jennifer Cooke, Loughboro University.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge studies in twenty-first-century literature and culturePublication details: United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2020Description: 1 online resourceISBN:
  • 9781108779692
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 809.89287 COO-C(R)
Contents:
Introduction: The new audacity -- 1. Autobiography as Feminist Praxis ; New Audacity in the Writing of Rape -- 2. Ugly Audacities in Auto/Biography ; Genius, Betrayal, and Writer's Block -- 3. Stripping Off for the First Time ; Recasting Vulnerability in the Writing of Hetero-Sex and Desire -- 4. Breaking the Binaries ; New Audacity in the Writing of Trans Lives -- 5. The Dangers of Audacity ; Vanessa Place's Contradictory Feminism -- Afterword: After Audacity.
Summary: "Contemporary Feminist Life-writing is the first to identify and analyse the 'new audacity' of recent feminist writings from life. Characterised by boldness in both style and content, willingness to explore difficult and disturbing experiences, the refusal of victimhood, and a lack of respect for traditional genre boundaries, new audacity writing takes risks with its author's and others' reputations, and even, on occasion, with the law. This book offers an examination and critical assessment of new audacity in works by Katherine Angel, Alison Bechdel, Marie Calloway, Virginie Despentes, Tracey Emin, Sheila Heti, Juliet Jacques, Chris Krauss, Jana Leo, Maggie Nelson, Vanessa Place, Paul Preciado, and Kate Zambreno. It analyses how they write about women's selfauthorship, trans experiences, struggles with mental illness, sexual violence and rape, and the desire for sexual submission. It engages with recent feminist and gender scholarship, providing discussions of vulnerability, victimhood, authenticity, trauma, and affect"--
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Book Book Dept. of Malayalam Processing Center Dept. of Malayalam 809.89287 COO/C (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available MAL61927
Reference Reference Institute of English Processing Center Institute of English 809.89287 COO-C(R) (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan ENG15725

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The new audacity -- 1. Autobiography as Feminist Praxis ; New Audacity in the Writing of Rape -- 2. Ugly Audacities in Auto/Biography ; Genius, Betrayal, and Writer's Block -- 3. Stripping Off for the First Time ; Recasting Vulnerability in the Writing of Hetero-Sex and Desire -- 4. Breaking the Binaries ; New Audacity in the Writing of Trans Lives -- 5. The Dangers of Audacity ; Vanessa Place's Contradictory Feminism -- Afterword: After Audacity.

"Contemporary Feminist Life-writing is the first to identify and analyse the 'new audacity' of recent feminist writings from life. Characterised by boldness in both style and content, willingness to explore difficult and disturbing experiences, the refusal of victimhood, and a lack of respect for traditional genre boundaries, new audacity writing takes risks with its author's and others' reputations, and even, on occasion, with the law. This book offers an examination and critical assessment of new audacity in works by Katherine Angel, Alison Bechdel, Marie Calloway, Virginie Despentes, Tracey Emin, Sheila Heti, Juliet Jacques, Chris Krauss, Jana Leo, Maggie Nelson, Vanessa Place, Paul Preciado, and Kate Zambreno. It analyses how they write about women's selfauthorship, trans experiences, struggles with mental illness, sexual violence and rape, and the desire for sexual submission. It engages with recent feminist and gender scholarship, providing discussions of vulnerability, victimhood, authenticity, trauma, and affect"--

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