Feminism & Autobiography: Texts, Theories, Methods (Transformations)

Autobiography has become a staple of feminist scholarship. This new collection features essays by leading feminist academics from a variety of disciplines on the latest developments in autobiographical studies. The central questions addressed include whether autobiography is a genre, if so what it consists of, and whether it is the product of an internal urge or of external forms and pressures. Structured around the concepts of genre, intersubjectivity and memory, the book is situated within the tradition of feminist engagements with the autobiographical by a detailed historical introduction. Whilst exemplifying the very different levels of autobiographical activity going on in feminist studies, the contributions chart a movement from autobiography as genre to autobiography as cultural practice, and from the analysis of autobiographical texts to a preoccupation with autobiography as method. Feminism and Autobiography will be essential reading for students and academics working in feminist studies across the social sciences and humanities. The contributors are: Treva Broughton, Mary Chamberlain, Marie-Fran(oise Chanfrault-Duchet, Tess Cosslett, Alison Easton, Gwendolyn Etter-Lewis, Mary Evans, Maggie Humm, Celia Lury, Ruth McElroy, Magda Michielsens, Nancy K. Miller, Susannah Radstone, Consuelo Rivera-Fuentes, Sara Scott, Sue Scott, Liz Stanley, Carolyn Steedman and Penny Summerfield.Penny Summerfield is the author of 'Feminism & Autobiography: Texts, Theories, Methods (Transformations)', published 2000 under ISBN 9780415232012 and ISBN 0415232015.