The Shapes of Silence examines fiction, memoir, and autobiographical writing by marginalized women whose stories give voice to the gendered dimensions of colonial violence.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-177)
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 809/.89287
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 9780773576896 9780773534551
- LCCN
- PN471
- LCCN Item number
- T33 2009eb
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- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xi, 185 p.)
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- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00225554 (OCoLC)706920289 (CaOOCEL)432996
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Acknowledgments 10
- 1 Silence, Speech, Voice, and the Politics of Testimony 16
- 2 Witnessing as Testimony: Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and Shani Mootoo’s Cereus Blooms at Night 37
- 3 Testimonial Remembrance and Historical Narration: Louise Erdrich’s Tracks and M.K. Indira’s Phaniyamma 79
- 4 Testimony, Translation, and Subalternity: Rashsundari Debi’s Amar Jiban and Mahasweta Devi’s Imaginary Maps 110
- 5 Witnessing, Remembrance, and Resistance: Living and Embodied Archives 153
- Notes 166
- Bibliography 180
- Index 192
- A 192
- B 192
- C 193
- D 194
- E 194
- F 194
- G 194
- H 194
- I 194
- J 194
- K 194
- L 195
- M 195
- N 195
- O 195
- P 195
- R 196
- S 196
- T 197
- V 198
- W 198
- Y 198
