Autobiography and Questions of Gender

by Shirley Neuman

Originally published in 1991. Addressing the ways in which the ideology of gender and its social construction determine autobiographical self-representations, the essays here consider several women's works in the light of the social and historical conditions which enabled their production. Some examine diaries as a feminine form and ask about the ways in which thematic content such as childbirth can or cannot be represented in diaries and public...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138941271
• ISBN13: 9781138941274
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"