Voices of Women Writers - Using Language to Negotiate Identity in (Trans)migratory Contexts

This book investigates the link between migrating, self-translating and identity in migrant narratives, by analysing a corpus of texts written by authors who were born in Italy and them moved to English-speaking countries.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Revoicing Female Migrant Identities through Creative Multilingualism; 2. Gianna Patriarca: Self-Translating as a Strategy of Re-grounding; 3. DôreMichelut: Coming to Terms with the Mother Tongue;4. Licia Canton: Rewriting the Italian Mother (Tongue, Land)'s ;5. Francesca Duranti: 'Trans-Writing' the Self through Acts of Narration and Acts of Living ; Conclusion; References

About the author

Elena Anna Spagnuolo received her PhD in Italian Studies from the University of Manchester. She works as an Italian language instructor at Aberystwyth University, and as Research Fellow at the Centre for the Movement of People.

Summary

This book investigates the link between migrating, self-translating and identity in migrant narratives, by analysing a corpus of texts written by authors who were born in Italy and them moved to English-speaking countries.

Product details

• Authors: Elena Anna Spagnuolo
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.08.2023
• EAN: 9781839987984
• ISBN: 978-1-83998-798-4
• No. of pages: 164
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Fiction in translation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting, Literary studies: general, Creative writing and creative writing guides, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Fiction Writing, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Authorship, the monolingual paradigm, Narrative theme: politics / economics