{"product_id":"de-colonizing-the-subject-the-politics-of-gender-in-women-s-autobiography-by-sidonie-smith-julia-watson","title":"'De\/Colonizing the Subject: The Politics of Gender in Women’s Autobiography' by Sidonie Smith \u0026 Julia Watson","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eA substantial collection on autobiography as a political form.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn autobiography here is not simply the record of a pre-existing self, but one of the places where gender, race, colonial history, sexuality and national identity are actively made and contested. Smith and Watson bring together essays on women’s life-writing that refuse the fantasy of autobiography as transparent self-expression. The “subject” here is always produced inside language, institutions, inheritance and power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith enormous breadth, it moves between feminist theory, postcolonial critique, ethnic and racial identity, and specific autobiographical traditions, including work on Indigenous identity, African American women’s writing, and the problem of speaking from positions historically treated as marginal or derivative. The book belongs to that early-1990s moment when feminist criticism was rigorously dismantling the supposedly universal subject and asking who had ever been allowed to count as one in the first place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDense in places, but extremely fertile: for readers interested in memoir, autofiction, feminist theory, postcolonial studies, identity, life-writing and the politics of who gets to say “I.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUniversity of Minnesota Press, 1992. Paperback. Edited by Sidonie Smith and Julia Watson. Light shelf wear and minor edge rubbing; clean internally, binding sound. Very good used condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45954842984531,"sku":null,"price":26.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/womenintranslation_25.png?v=1786587487","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/de-colonizing-the-subject-the-politics-of-gender-in-women-s-autobiography-by-sidonie-smith-julia-watson","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}