Life writings constitute an ever-evolving genre of self-expression. Women's autobiographies, in particular, have held a place in academic discourse for some time, but it's only in the last three decades that they have begun to receive the critical attention and recognition they deserve. Visualised from the subjective lens, these chronicles of resistance offer a frank and brazen examination of the exploitative and oppressive constructions of gender that tend to limit a woman’s identity to gendered norms. Reading Women’s Life Writings: A Critical Appraisal explores women’s life writing from around the world as intricate expressions of selfhood, focusing on the life writings of notable authors such as Kamala Das, Baby Haldar, Sara Suleri, Bama, Rassundari Devi, Maxine Hong Kingston and Annie Ernaux. The book addresses new and emergent issues in life writing like the question of agency, liberty, esteem, identity and self-worth. Including fifteen essays from various scholars across the world, the anthology provides invaluable insights and a wide gamut of critical perspectives on the major themes and shifting trends in women’s life writing. It also includes multiple frames of analysis, encompassing theories of life writing and biography writing, making it useful for scholars, researchers and students of English literature.

Dr. Sunita Sinha, a gold medallist from Patna University, Bihar, is currently the Principal and Head of the Department of English, Women’s College, Samastipur, Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Bihar. A prolific author and editor, she has fifty-seven papers and twenty-eight books to her credit including Post-Colonial Women Writers: New Perspectives and Twentieth Century Literature: Emerging Trends. She has participated in and chaired several national and international seminars, conferences and webinars. Dr. Sinha is currently Chief Editor of three international journals, The Atlantic Review of Feminist Studies, The Atlantic Literary Review and The Atlantic Critical Review. She is also the Honorary Editor/Director for Bihar, Atlantic Publishers & Distributors Pvt Ltd.

• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
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• Publication Date: December 18, 2023
• Pages: 250
• ISBN13: 9788126939251
• Item Weight: 430 grams
• Original Price: 1295.0 INR
• Edition: N/A
• Binding: Hardcover