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These essays examine the ways in which the social construction of gender shape the selves of autobiographies. The representation of femininity, lesbian sexuality, masculine bodies, mothers' bodies, Chinese immigrant men and the intersections of gender with racial and class differences are among the topics addressed.
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Autobiography and questions of gender / edited by Shirley Neuman
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London ; Portland, Or. : F. Cass, 1991
ISBN 10: 0714634220
ISBN 13: 9780714634227
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1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 214 pages ; 23 cm. Notes; "This group of studies first appeared in a special issue . of Prose studies, vol. 14, no. 1"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Autobiography and questions of gender / Shirley Neuman -- Auto/bio/history : modern midwifery / Lynn Z. Bloom -- Refracting selves : Kate Millett's The basement / Jeanne Perreault -- From the inside out : Lily Briscoe a self-portrait: an autobiography by Mary Meigs / Susanna Egan -- A signature of lesbian autobiography : "Gertrice/Altrude" / Leigh Gilmore -- Women's autobiography : the self at stake? / T.L. Broughton -- Engendered autobiographies : the diary as a feminine form / Rebecca Hogan -- Delivery : the cultural re-presentation of childbirth / Cynthia Huff -- Figuration and disfigurement : Herculine Barbin and the autobiography of the body / Roger J. Porter -- Autobiography, bodies, manhood / Shirley Neuman -- Poet and patriarch in Maxine Hong Kingston's China men / Joseph Fichtelberg -- The autobiographical manifesto : identities, temporalities, politics / Sidonie Smith. Subjects; American prose literature Women authors History and criticism. Women authors, American Biography History and criticism. Autobiography Authorship Sex differences. Women and literature United States. Autobiography Women authors. Women authors, American 20th century Biography History and criticism. Autobiography Women authors History and criticism. Women authors Biography. American prose literature Women authors History and criticism. Autobiography Women authors. Women authors, American Biography History and criticism. Autobiography Authorship Sex differences. United States. English literature By Women. 3 Kg. Seller Inventory # 407059
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Autobiography and questions of gender / edited by Shirley Neuman
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1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 214 pages ; 23 cm. Notes; "This group of studies first appeared in a special issue . of Prose studies, vol. 14, no. 1"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Autobiography and questions of gender / Shirley Neuman -- Auto/bio/history : modern midwifery / Lynn Z. Bloom -- Refracting selves : Kate Millett's The basement / Jeanne Perreault -- From the inside out : Lily Briscoe a self-portrait: an autobiography by Mary Meigs / Susanna Egan -- A signature of lesbian autobiography : "Gertrice/Altrude" / Leigh Gilmore -- Women's autobiography : the self at stake? / T.L. Broughton -- Engendered autobiographies : the diary as a feminine form / Rebecca Hogan -- Delivery : the cultural re-presentation of childbirth / Cynthia Huff -- Figuration and disfigurement : Herculine Barbin and the autobiography of the body / Roger J. Porter -- Autobiography, bodies, manhood / Shirley Neuman -- Poet and patriarch in Maxine Hong Kingston's China men / Joseph Fichtelberg -- The autobiographical manifesto : identities, temporalities, politics / Sidonie Smith. Subjects; American prose literature Women authors History and criticism. Women authors, American Biography History and criticism. Autobiography Authorship Sex differences. Women and literature United States. Autobiography Women authors. Women authors, American 20th century Biography History and criticism. Autobiography Women authors History and criticism. Women authors Biography. American prose literature Women authors History and criticism. Autobiography Women authors. Women authors, American Biography History and criticism. Autobiography Authorship Sex differences. United States. English literature By Women. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 407059