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• ISBN: 9780813928623 (cloth : alk. paper)
• ISBN: 0813928621 (cloth : alk. paper)
• ISBN: 9780813928630 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• ISBN: 081392863X (pbk. : alk. paper)
• Physical Description: xiii, 199 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
• Publisher: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009.

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General Note:

"The American Literatures Initiative"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- The mirrored self : Helena Parente Cunha's women between mirrors -- The self in exile : Luisa Futoransky's Babelic metatext -- Re-membering the nation by remembering the family : Ana Maria Shua's the book of memories -- The autobiographical text as memory box : Nélida Piñon's the repulbic of dreams -- "The life of Bobbi Lee is about why we must talk" : testimonial literature as a call to action -- "Part of surviving is through remembering" : the ethics and politics of life narratives about Indian residential school experiences.

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Subject:

Autobiography > Women authors.
Autobiography > Political aspects.
Latin American prose literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Latin American prose literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Canadian prose literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Canadian prose literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Women > America > Biography > History and criticism.
Women in literature.
Biography as a literary form.

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• American literatures initiative