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Women Activists and Civil Rights Leaders in Auto/Biographical Literature and Films

WOMEN ACTIVISTS CVL RGHTS LDRS AUTO/BIO LIT AND FILMS

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<P>This collective book offers new insight on the genres of biography and autobiography by examining the singular path of those deemed to be ‘outsiders', such as Winnie Mandela, Ida B. Wells, Malcolm X and Harvey Milk. Its specific focus on these female leaders and civil rights activists, who refused to be constrained by gender, race and class, shifts attention away from the great men of history and places it solely on those who have transformed their personal lives into a fight for collective goals. With an interdisciplinary approach that looks at literature, cinema and cultural studies, this book argues that life writing is a key source of artistic creativity and activism which enables us to take a fresh look at history. It promotes women activists and minority figures in a unique way; provides an original spin on the notions of autobiography and biography; and offers a comprehensive study that is both interdisciplinary and wide-ranging, including an extensive list of international icons.</P>

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Front Cover.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Notes on Contributors.
List of Figures.
Introduction.
The Lives of Women Activists.
1: Winnie Madikizela Mandela: The Construction of a South African Political Icon.
2: &#x201C;Revoluting&#x201D; or Writing? Ahdaf Soueif and the 2011 Egyptian Revolution.
3: Autobiography of an Activist: Sophonisba Breckinridge, &#x201C;Champion of the Championless&#x201D;.
4: Lean In and Tell Me a (True) Story: Sheryl Sandberg&#x0027;s Revision of Feminist History.
Black History in Auto/biographical Texts.
5: The Many Lives of Ida B. Wells: Autobiography, Historical Biography, and Documentary.
6: Malcolm X: From the Autobiography to Spike Lee&#x0027;s Film, Two Complementary Perspectives on the Man and the Militant Black Leader.
7: Michelle Obama: The Voice and Embodiment of (African) American History.
8: Ghost Writing and Filming Biography in Twelve/12 Years a Slave.
Biographical Films and History.
9: Biographical Motion Pictures and the Resuscitation of &#x201C;Real Lives&#x201D;.
10: &#x201C;Negro Girl (meager)&#x201D;: Black Women&#x0027;s In/Visibility in Contemporary Films About Slavery.
11: Queering the Biopic? Milk (2008) and the Biographic Real.
12: In Search of Purcell&#x0027;s Legacy: Tony Palmer&#x0027;s England, My England (1995).
Postface.
13: Does one Need to Be a Man to Be a Great Man?.
Index.

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Women Activists and Civil Rights Leaders in Auto/Biographical Literature and Films