| Authoring a Life: A Woman's Survival in and Through Literary Studies Contributor(s): Daly, Brenda (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791436802 ISBN-13: 9780791436806 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships | Abuse - General - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Self-help | Abuse |
| Dewey: 616.858 |
| LCCN: 97-45988 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.83" W x 8.82" (0.81 lbs) 267 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Authoring a Life illustrates how language often plays an important part in many a victim's struggle to survive the debilitating effects of father-daughter incest. For example, reading may serve as therapy, enabling a survivor to confront rather than repress painful memories, and writing may help a survivor to recover a sense of authoring both her texts and her life. The book argues that, despite the current backlash against survivor stories, language arts teachers must develop effective pedagogies for teaching father-daughter incest narratives. |