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008			101104s2009 vauab b s001 0 eng
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020			_a9780813928630
050	0	0	_aPQ7081.5 _b.B43 2009
082	0	0	_aLAS 809 BEA
100	1		_aBeard, Laura J. _d, 1962-
245	1	0	_aActs of narrative resistance _b: women's autobiographical writings in the Americas _c/ Laura J. Beard
260			_aCharlottesville _b: University of Virginia Press _c, 2009.
300			_axiii, 199 p. _b: ill., maps _c; 23 cm.
490	0		_aAmerican literatures initiative
500			_a"The American Literatures Initiative"--T.p. verso.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aIn these examples of autobiographical resistance literature from the Americas, women resist the definitions imposed on them by dominant discourses of ethnic, sexual, and indigenous identities in an effort to define their own experiences. The texts were first published in the 1980s and early 1990s, an era of brutal dictatorships and growing women's movements. They are grouped here in three genres: testimonio, metafiction, and the family saga as the story of a nation, with narratives by women from different countries and traditions paired in each genre section. Authors include Helena Parente Cunha, Ana Maria Shua, and Shirley Sterling. Beard (Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures, Texas Tech University) locates the works in the context of feminist studies of women's autobiographies and the study of inter-American literature. A few b&w photos and illustrations are included.
650		4	_aAutobiography _x-Women authors
650		0	_aAutobiography _x--Political aspects
650		0	_aLatin American prose literature _x--Women authors _x--History and criticism
650		0	_aLatin American prose literature _y--20th century
650		0	_aCanadian prose literature
650		0	_aWomen _z--American _v--Biography
650		0	_aWomen in literature
650		0	_aBiography as a literary form
710	1		_aAmerican Literatures Initiative, The
942			_cLAS
999			_c250093 _d250093