What is it about?
This is the introduction to my first research monograph, entitled New Forms of Self-Narration: Young Women, Life Writing and Human Rights (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020). This introduction provides an overview of the critical work published over the last few decades on testimonial life writing and women, exploring the conjunction between human rights fights and young women whose role may be considered transgressive in their societies and perhaps signal the rise of transnational feminism.
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Why is it important?
This book is the first-ever attempt at reading side by side life-writing projects of current key icons of human rights activism from the Global South. Namely, the book deals with: Malala Yousafzai, Hyeonseo Lee, Yeonmi Park, Bana Alabed, Nujeen Mustafa, and Nadia Murad.
Perspectives
What brings these case studies together is their strategic use of narrative, English as lingua franca, online/offline methods, and empathy to generate acute social awareness. Each chapter looks at the intriguing ways these activists write themselves, thereby righting the wrongs committed against them, reframing their story as that of an empowered survivor.
Dr Ana Belén Martínez García
Universidad de Navarra
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This page is a summary of: Introduction: Life Writing, Human Rights, and Young Women, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-46420-2_1.
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