Women's Life Writing in Post-Communist Romania : : Reclaiming Privacy and Agency / / Simona Mitroiu.
This book analyzes the impact of abusive regimes of power on women’s lives and on their self-expression through close readings of life writing by women in communist Romania. In particular, it examines the forms of agency and privacy available to women under totalitarianism and the modes of relations...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2022 Part 1 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Media and Cultural Memory ,
35 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (VIII, 160 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- 1 Introduction: Realms of Privacy and Agency
- 2 The Political Regime, Gender, and Paradigms of Memory
- 3 Life Writing and Realms of Privacy
- 4 Traumatic Experiences: Privacy as Communicative Agency
- 5 Knowing the Past: Ana Blandiana and Privacy as Shared Agency
- 6 Everyday Communicative Responsibility: Privacy as Endurance
- 7 The Public Revelation of the Self: Mihaela Miroiu and Privacy as a Shared Responsibility
- 8 Re-Working the Past through Life Writing: Herta Müller and the (Im)Possibility of Privacy
- 9 Conclusion: Realms of Privacy
- References
- Index