Speaking of the Self: Gender, Performance, and Autobiography in South
Author: Anshu Malhotra Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 277 Many consider the autobiography to be a Western genre that represents the self as fully autonomous. The contributors to Speaking of the Self challenge this presumption by examining a wide range of women's autobiographical writing from South Asia. Expanding the definition of what kinds of writing can be considered autobiographical, the contributors analyze everything from poetry, songs, mystical experiences, and diaries to prose, fiction, architecture, and religious treatises. The authors they...
Speaking of the Self: Gender, Performance, and Autobiography in South