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Subject to Change: The Lessons of Latin American Women's Testimonio for Truth, Fiction, and Theory
Joanna R. Bartow
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Description for Subject to Change: The Lessons of Latin American Women's Testimonio for Truth, Fiction, and Theory
paperback. By analyzing testimonial writing, works of fiction, and critical theory, Joanna R. Bartow examines the self-representation of testimonial subjects. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
By analyzing testimonial writing, works of fiction, and critical theory, Joanna R. Bartow examines the self-representation of testimonial subjects. She questions limits on reading testimonio that until recently have delegitimated the testimonial subject's autonomy. In addition, Bartow shows the importance of a feminist perspective on testimonio, a perspective met with some resistance. In specific ways, feminist theory sheds light on the construction of the testimonial subject, and testimonial writing highlights questions of agency across differences in feminist theory. Subject to Change does not approach testimonial writing as raw material for theory, but rather reads Latin American testimonio - and the ... Read more
By analyzing testimonial writing, works of fiction, and critical theory, Joanna R. Bartow examines the self-representation of testimonial subjects. She questions limits on reading testimonio that until recently have delegitimated the testimonial subject's autonomy. In addition, Bartow shows the importance of a feminist perspective on testimonio, a perspective met with some resistance. In specific ways, feminist theory sheds light on the construction of the testimonial subject, and testimonial writing highlights questions of agency across differences in feminist theory. Subject to Change does not approach testimonial writing as raw material for theory, but rather reads Latin American testimonio - and the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
UNC Department of Romance Studies United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807892848
SKU
V9780807892848
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About Joanna R. Bartow
JOANNA R. BARTOW is associate professor of Spanish at St. Mary's College of Maryland.
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