Shifting Subjects: Plural Subjectivity in Contemporary Francophone Women's Autobiography

by Natalie Edwards

There are many different ways to say "I." This book examines the ways in which four contemporary women writers (H l 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 by developing narrative strategies that multiply the voices in their texts. They similarly cast doubt upon current theorizations of the female self...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611490308
• ISBN13: 9781611490305
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: University of Delaware Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"