Overview
- Promotes women activists and minority figures in a unique way
- Provides an original spin on the notions of autobiography and biography
- Offers a comprehensive study that is both interdisciplinary and wide-ranging, including an extensive list of international icons
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This collective book offers new insight on the genres of biography and autobiography by examining the singular path of those deemed to be ‘outsiders’, such as Winnie Mandela, Ida B. Wells, Malcolm X and Harvey Milk. Its specific focus on these female leaders and civil rights activists, who refused to be constrained by gender, race and class, shifts attention away from the great men of history and places it solely on those who have transformed their personal lives into a fight for collective goals. With an interdisciplinary approach that looks at literature, cinema and cultural studies, Women Activists and Civil Rights Leaders in Auto/Biographical Literature and Cinema argues that life writing is a key source of artistic creativity and activism which enables us to take a fresh look at history.
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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The Lives of Women Activists
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Black History in Auto/biographical Texts
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Biographical Films and History
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Postface
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Delphine Letort is a Professor in American Studies at Le Mans University, France.
Benaouda Lebdai is an Emeritus Professor in Colonial and Postcolonial literatures at Le Mans University, France.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Women Activists and Civil Rights Leaders in Auto/Biographical Literature and Films
Editors: Delphine Letort, Benaouda Lebdai
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77081-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-77080-2Published: 18 May 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08365-6Published: 20 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-77081-9Published: 03 May 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 231
Topics: Screen Studies, Culture and Gender, US History