Speaking of the Self Gender, Performance, and Autobiography in South Asia |
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| Editor:
| Malhotra, Anshu
Lambert-Hurley, Siobhan |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8223-5983-8 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2015 |
| Publisher: | Duke University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $107.95 |
Book Description:
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The contributors to Speaking of the Self interrogate the varied ways in which a diverse group of mostly female writers from South Asia--from a seventeenth-century Mughal princess to twentieth century Pakistani novelists--construct and articulate their subjectivity through their autobiographical memoirs, poetry, novels, and diaries.
The contributors to Speaking of the Self interrogate the varied ways in which a diverse group of mostly female writers from South Asia--from a seventeenth-century Mughal princess to twentieth century Pakistani novelists--construct and articulate their subjectivity through their autobiographical memoirs, poetry, novels, and diaries.