Tales of Abortions and Feminist Subjectification in Audre Lorde and Diane di Prima’s Autobiographies
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TexteLangue : français Détails de publication : 2017.
Sujet(s) : Ressources en ligne : Abrégé : This article examines narratives of illegal abortion in New York in the 1950s and 1960s, through the autobiographical writings of two female artists: the memoirs of Diane di Prima, Recollections of My Life as a Woman (2001) and Audre Lorde’s “biomythography”, Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (1982). By examining these tales of abortion in all their singularity, we will show how these texts, which oscillate between self-construction and self-reinvention, turn this experience into a pivotal episode in the process of political and artistic subjectification. Such an approach opens up analyses of a life experience that is usually left untold.
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This article examines narratives of illegal abortion in New York in the 1950s and 1960s, through the autobiographical writings of two female artists: the memoirs of Diane di Prima, Recollections of My Life as a Woman (2001) and Audre Lorde’s “biomythography”, Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (1982). By examining these tales of abortion in all their singularity, we will show how these texts, which oscillate between self-construction and self-reinvention, turn this experience into a pivotal episode in the process of political and artistic subjectification. Such an approach opens up analyses of a life experience that is usually left untold.
Réseaux sociaux