Repossessing the World: Reading Memoirs by Contemporary Women

by Helen M. Buss

Why does it seem as if everyone is writing memoirs, and particularly women? The current popularity of memoir verifies the common belief that we each have a story to tell. And we do...especially women. Memoirs are not only representations of women's personal lives but also of their desire to repossess important parts of our culture, in which women's stories have not mattered. Beginning with her own motivations for writing memoirs, Helen M. Buss examines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889204098
• ISBN13: 9780889204096
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Length: 231 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"