Auto/Biography across the Americas

Transnational Themes in Life Writing

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Auto/biographical narratives of the Americas are marked by the underlying themes of movement and belonging. This collection proposes that the impact of the historic or contemporary movement of peoples to, in, and from the Americas—whether chosen or forced—motivates the ways in which identities are constructed in this contested space. Such movement results in a cyclical quest to belong, and to understand belonging, that reverberates through narratives of the Americas. The volume brings together essays written from diverse national, cultural, linguistic, and disciplinary perspectives to trace these transnational motifs in life writing across the Americas. Drawing on international scholars from the seemingly disparate regions of the Americas—North America, the Caribbean, and Latin America—this book extends critical theories of life writing beyond limiting national boundaries. The scholarship included approaches narrative inquiry from the fields of literature, linguistics, history, art history, sociology, anthropology, political science, pedagogy, gender studies, critical race studies, and indigenous studies. As a whole, this volume advances discourse in auto/biography studies, life writing, and identity studies by locating transnational themes in narratives of the Americas and placing them in international and interdisciplinary conversations.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-08-17
Mått152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt521 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature
Antal sidor268
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781138959972

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CONTENTSList of FiguresForewordAcknowledgments Introduction: Reading beyond BoundariesChapter One: Timescapes, Backpacks, NetworksChapter Two: Art, Identity, and NarrationChapter Three: A Transnational Autobiographical PactChapter Four: Between Nations, Between SelvesChapter Five: Talking beyond Borders Chapter Six: The Mediated Self in the Contested Domain of Caribbean AutobiographyChapter Seven: Mapping Out a Treacherous TerrainChapter Eight: Decolonial Translation in Embodied Auto/Biographical Indigenous PerformanceChapter Nine: "See how I talk about the slavemaster"Chapter Ten: Class and Class Awareness in Incidents in the Life of a Slave GirlChapter Eleven: The Paradoxical Demand for RealismChapter Twelve: "Forward!" National Identity, Animalographies, and the Ethics of Representation in the Posthuman Imaginary ContributorsIndex

"In Auto/Biography Across the Americas, Chansky has collected twelve thought-provoking essays focusing on “points of connectivity”, linking life writing across the Americas. Chansky argues that these narratives are characterized broadly by two key themes: movement and belonging. More generally, she argues that auto/biography studies would benefit from centering theories, narratives, and disciplinary perspectives that destabilize nationalist frameworks for understanding literature and identity."- Theresa A. Kulbaga, Miami University

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