Perhaps the most visible impact of the criticisms of the binary models of the organization of gender and sexuality and challenges to a belief in the transparency of language has been on developments in the contemporary memoir, a mode of life writing that has gained enormous popularity beginning in the late twentieth century. In this seminar we will explore the implications of this as it pertains to gender. First, we will examine the shift from autobiography to the current trend in memoir, which, according to Julie Rak, acknowledges the changing relationship between ideas of selfhood (from unitary to multiple, dispersed, relational, intersectional) and the role of public and private spheres in late capitalism. Our question is why are women, including women of color, especially drawn to the form? To help answer this question, we will look at the theoretical reframings in ethnic, feminist (American and French), queer, and postcolonial studies more generally as they pertain to identity, memory, authority/agency, space/place, and autobiographical truth. A selection of memoirs will constitute our primary reading.
Edwidge Danticat, Brother, I’m Dying
Maxine Hong Kingston, Woman Warrior
Rigoberta Menchu, I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala
Hugo Hamilton, The Speckled People
Rebecca Walker, Black, White, and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self
Audre Lourde, Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
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23-ANG-M-AngGM2 Grundmodul 2: Contact Zones and Intercultural Studies | GM 2.3 Cultural and Literary Contact in the USA | Studienleistung
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23-IAS-M-IAS4 North American Literature and the Processes of Culture | Cultural and Literary Contact in the U.S.A. I | Studienleistung
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23-IAS-M-IAS6 Advanced Studies of Literatures and Cultures of the Americas / Estudios avanzados de literaturas y culturas de las Américas | NorthAmerican Literatures in Context | Studienleistung
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23-LIT-M-LitAM4 Aufbau-Modul II: Fachphilologische Vertiefung Amerikanistik | Lehrveranstaltung 1 | Studienleistung
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Lehrveranstaltung 3 | benotete Prüfungsleistung
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Studiengang/-angebot | Gültigkeit | Variante | Untergliederung | Status | Sem. | LP | |
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British and American Studies / Master | (Einschreibung bis SoSe 2012) | MaAngHM3.1; MaAngHM3.3; MaAngGM2.3; MaAngHM3; MaAngGM2 | Wahl | ||||
Gender Studies / Master | (Einschreibung bis SoSe 2013) | Hauptmodul 1; Hauptmodul 1.2; Hauptmodul 4; Hauptmodul 4.2 | 3 | (bei Einzelleistung 3 LP zusätzlich) | |||
Interamerikanische Studien / Master | (Einschreibung bis SoSe 2012) | MaIAS4; MaIAS6 | Wahl | 3/4/6/8 | |||
Literaturwissenschaft / Master | (Einschreibung bis SoSe 2012) | MaLit4c | Wahl |