Women activists and civil rights leaders in auto/biographical literature and films. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Delphine Letort, Benaouda Lebdai.
• Editors: Letort, Delphine; Lebdaï, Benaouda
• Contents: 1. Introduction, Delphine Letort and Benaouda Lebdai.- Section 1: The Lives of Women Activists.- 2.Winnie Madikizela Mandela: the Construction of a South African Political Icon, Benaouda Lebdai.- 3.'Revoluting' or writing? Ahdaf Soueif and the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, Jacqueline Jondot.- 4.Autobiography of an Activist: Sophonisba Breckinridge, 'Champion of the Championless', Anya Jabour.- 5. 'Lean In and Tell Me a (True) Story': Sheryl Sandberg's Revision of Feminist History.- Section 2: Black History in Auto/biographical Texts.- 6.The Many Lives of Ida B. Wells: Autobiography, Historical Biography, and Documentary, Delphine Letort.- 7.Malcolm X: From the Autobiography to Spike Lee's Film, Two Complementary Perspectives on the Man and the Militant Black Leader, Dominique Dubois.- 8.Michelle Obama: the Voice and Embodiment of (African) American History, Pierre-Marie Loizeau.- 9.Ghost Writing and Filming Biography in Twelve/12 Years a Slave, Sylvie Charron.- Section 3: The Leaders' (Hi)stories in Biographical Films.- 10.Biographical Motion Pictures and the Resuscitation of 'Real Lives', Taïna Tuhkunen.- 11.'Negro Girl (Meager)': Black Women's In/visibility in Contemporary Films about Slavery, Lisa Botshon and Melinda Plastas.- 12.Queering the Biopic? Milk (2008) and the Biographic Real, Isabelle Van Peteghem-Tréard.- 13.In Search of Purcell's Legacy: Tony Palmer's England, My England (1995), Nicole Cloarec.- 14.Does one Need to be a Man in order to be a Great Man?, Nathalie Prince.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 322.40922; Political activists -- Biography; Political activists in literature; Political activists in motion pictures; Biography
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319770819
• Related ISBNs: 9783319770802
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