This book is a timely study of young women¿s life writing as a form of human rights activism. It focuses on six young women who suffered human rights violations when they were girls and have gone on to become activists through life writing: Malala Yousafzai, Hyeonseo Lee, Yeonmi Park, Bana Alabed, Nujeen Mustafa, and Nadia Murad. Their ongoing life-writing projects diverge to some extent, but all share several notable features: they claim a testimonial collective voice, they deploy rights discourse, they excite humanitarian emotions, they link up their context-bound plight with bigger social justice causes, and they use English as their vehicle of self-expression and self-construction. This strategic use of English is of vital importance, as it has brought them together as icons in the public sphere within the last six years. New Forms of Self-Narration is the first ever attempt to explore all these activists¿ life-writing texts side by side, encompassing both the written andthe audiovisual material, online and offline, and taking all texts as belonging to a unique, single, though multifaceted, project.
| Autorius: | Ana Belén Martínez García |
| Serija: | Palgrave Studies in Life Writing |
| Leidėjas: | Springer Nature Switzerland |
| Išleidimo metai: | 2021 |
| Knygos puslapių skaičius: | 164 |
| ISBN-10: | 3030464229 |
| ISBN-13: | 9783030464226 |
| Formatas: | 210 x 148 x 10 mm. Knyga minkštu viršeliu |
| Kalba: | Anglų |
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