This book draws attention to the controversy that surrounds Betty Friedan, Germaine Greer, Gloria Steinem, and Simone de Beauvoir’s lives and the important role that their life stories have played in their feminist writing.
Malin Lidström Brock is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden. She received her D.Phil. in English Literature from Oxford University, UK. Her primary research areas are contemporary American literature and culture, with a particular focus on life writing and gender.
Innehållsförteckning
Introduction.- 1. A Question of Authority.- 2. Negotiating the Tradition--Feminist Realist Biography.- 3. Breaking New Ground--Feminist Exemplary Biography.- 4. Deconstructing the Life--Feminist Poststructuralist Biography.- Conclusion.- Notes.- Bibliography.- Index.