Subject to change : the lessons of Latin American women's testimonio for truth, fiction, and theory /
By analyzing testimonial writing, works of fiction, and critical theory, Joanna R. Bartow examines the self-representation of testimonial subjects. She questions limits on readingtestimoniothat until recently have delegitimated the testimonial subject's autonomy. In addition, Bartow shows the i...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill, N.C. :
U.N.C. Dept. of Romance Languages,
2005.
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| Series: | North Carolina studies in the Romance languages and literatures ;
no. 280. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT CONNECT |
| Summary: | By analyzing testimonial writing, works of fiction, and critical theory, Joanna R. Bartow examines the self-representation of testimonial subjects. She questions limits on readingtestimoniothat until recently have delegitimated the testimonial subject's autonomy. In addition, Bartow shows the importance of a feminist perspective ontestimonio, a perspective met with some resistance. In specific ways, feminist theory sheds light on the construction of the testimonial subject, and testimonial writing highlights questions of agency across differences in feminist theory.Subject to Changedoes not approach testimonial writing as raw material for theory, but rather reads Latin Americantestimonio--and the testimonial speaking subject--as an equally sophisticated interlocutor in debates on difference.Bartow explores theories of violence, sacrifice, displacement, nomadism, and female identity through works by Rigoberta Menchu, Carolina Maria de Jesus, Elena Poniatowska, Clarice Lispector, and Diamela Eltit. |
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| Item Description: | Books at JSTOR Evidence Based Acquisitions EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America Project MUSE Universal EBA Ebooks |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (257 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-247) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781469639284 1469639289 |
