The Different Voice of Canadian Feminist Autobiographers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4860778 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Helen M Bu, Helen M Buss (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 154-167 |
| Publication date | 1990-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Biography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-4962 • E-ISSN: 1529-1456 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/bio.2010.0712 |
| OpenAlex | W2047929336 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The theory that women exhibit a different ethical development than men, one in which "identity and intimacy are . . . conjoined" (Gilligan 13), is used to interrogate the autobiographies of three Canadian feminists, women who would seem to have pursued a development that emphasized individual achievement rather than relationship. Such women not only seek to "balance" the two identity formation processes, but also exhibit the stylistic markers of several autobiographical formats in seeking "balance
Aesthetics · Art · Gender identity · Sociology · Gender Studies · Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity · Military, Security, and Education Studies · Psychology · Publishing and Scholarly Communication
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |