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Women on the move : body, memory and femininity in present-day transnational diasporic writing / edited by Silvia Pellicer-Ortín and Julia Tofantšuk.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge studies in contemporary literature ; 23.
- Routledge studies in contemporary literature ; 23
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Emigration and immigration in literature.
- Women immigrants in literature.
- Immigrants' writings.
- Memory in literature.
- Literature, Modern--21st century--History and criticism.
- Literature, Modern.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 266 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY ; Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2019.
- Summary:
- Women on the Move: Body, Memory and Feminity in Present-day Transnational Diasporic Writing explores the role of women in the current globailized era as active migrants. The authors have brought together a collection of essays from scholars in diaspora, migration and gender studies to take a look at the female experince of migration and globalization by covering topics such as vulnerability, empowerment, trauma, identity, memory, violence and gender contruction, which will continue to shape contemporary literature and the culture at large.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1138321990
- 9781138321991
- OCLC:
- 1055679885
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