Natalie Edwards: 2 books
Shifting Subjects
Plural Subjectivity in Contemporary Francophone Women's Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011
There are many different ways to say 'I.' This book examines the ways in which four contemporary women writers (HZl_ne Cixous, Assia Djebar, Gis_le Halimi, and Julia Kristeva) have written their autobiographical 'I' as a plural concept. These women refuse the individual 'I' of traditional autobiography...
Voicing Voluntary Childlessness
Narratives of Non-Mothering in French
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2015
The decision to reject motherhood is the subject of several key works of literature in French since the new millennium. This book looks at first-person accounts of voluntary childlessness by women writing in French. The book explores how women narrate their decision not to mother, the issues that...