A question of identity: Feminism, poststructuralism, and autobiographical writings by minority women
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-case10579512332021-08-03T05:31:04Z A question of identity: Feminism, poststructuralism, and autobiographical writings by minority women Turner, Sarah Elizabeth Feminism poststructuralism autobiographical writings minority women Autobiography, I argue, has been recognized as the tool with which marginalized writers can disturb and disrupt the very experience of living by revealing gaps of experience ignored or left out by hegemonic culture. This project is a theoretical and textual exploration of the process of self-definition for minority women who write autobiographically. In it, I bring together feminist and poststructuralist theories of identity formation in order to demonstrate the highly complex nature of identity, as understood by contemporary women writers of autobiography. Minority women's autobiographical writing does not willingly accept the discourses of power and oppression determined by the dominant culture; instead, it records and reveals experiences chosen to deconstruct stereotypes and limitations. The genre of autobiography and the texts I consider reflect the desires of marginalized women to speak and tell their own stories. The choice and the voicing of experiences empowers the subject through the very act of self-definition. The movement away from institutionalized roles into individual selves becomes then, a conscious re-reading of the self, underscoring the recognition that an exploration of the process of identity formation demands a move from the theoretical to the practical. 1995 English text Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1057951233 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1057951233 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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