The limits of postcolonial autobiography and the empowering capacity of life-writing for the postcolonial subject
Autobiography and life-writing are two opposite forms to represent the self: while the former is inextricably bound to assumptions of coherent subjectivity, wholeness of sight and universal validity, the latter leaves room for doubt and contradiction and gives voice to the fragmented, inconsistent s...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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LED - Edizioni Universitarie di Lettere Economia Diritto
2009-12-01
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| Series: | Linguae &. Rivista di Lingue e Culture Moderne |
| Online Access: | http://www.ledonline.it/index.php/linguae/article/view/257 |