Elena Anna Spagnuolo

Voices of Women Writers (eBook, ePUB)

Using Language to Negotiate Identity in (Trans)migratory Contexts

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates the practice of writing and self - translating phenomenon of self-translation within the context of mobility, through the analysis of a corpus of narratives written by authors who were born in Italy and then moved to English-speaking countries. Emphasizing writing and self-translating As practices, which exists in conjunction with a process of redefinition of identity, the book illustrates how these authors use language to negotiate and voice their identity in (trans)migratory contexts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781839987991
• Artikelnr.: 68873220

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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