Contemporary Feminist Life-Writing is the first volume to identify
and analyse the 'new audacity' of recent feminist writings from
life. Characterised by boldness in both style and content,
willingness to explore difficult and disturbing experiences, the
refusal of victimhood, and a lack of respect for traditional genre
boundaries, new audacity writing takes risks with its author's and
others' reputations, and even, on occasion, with the law. This book
offers an examination and critical assessment of new audacity in
works by Katherine Angel, Alison Bechdel, Marie Calloway, Virginie
Despentes, Tracey Emin, Sheila Heti, Juliet Jacques, Chris Krauss,
Jana Leo, Maggie Nelson, Vanessa Place, Paul Preciado, and Kate
Zambreno. It analyses how they write about women's self-authorship,
trans experiences, struggles with mental illness, sexual violence
and rape, and the desire for sexual submission. It engages with
recent feminist and gender scholarship, providing discussions of
vulnerability, victimhood, authenticity, trauma, and affect.
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