New Media in Black Women’s Autobiography: Intrepid Embodiment and Narrative Innovation

Curtis, T.

Examining novelists, bloggers, and other creators of new media, this study focuses on autobiography by American black women since 1980, including Audre Lorde, Jill Nelson, and Janet Jackson. As Curtis argues, these women used embodiment as a strategy of drawing the audience into visceral identification with them and thus forestalling stereotypes.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2015-12-18

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349491636

DOI: 10.1057/9781137428868

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 226