Women Taking Risks in Contemporary Autobiographical Narratives explores the nature and effects of risk in self-narrative representations of life events, and is an early step towards confronting the dearth of analysis on this subject. The collection focuses on risk-taking as one of women's articulations of authorial agency displayed in literary, testimonial, photographic, travel and film documentary forms of autobiographical expression in French. Among many themes, the book fosters discussion on matters of courage, strength, resilience, freedom, self-fulfillment, political engagement,...

Cette collection d'articles retrace les diffA(c)rentes facettes de la mobilitA(c) inhA(c)rente A l'A(c)criture migrante au fA(c)minin dans diffA(c)rentes aires gA(c)ographiques, tels le Maghreb, l'Afrique sub-saharienne, les CaraAbes, le Moyen-Orient, le QuA(c)bec et la France. Ces articles explorent les frictions et les devenirs qui se dA(c)gagent de ces traversA(c)es transgressives et problA(c)matiques. OrganisA(c) autour de trois axes: A Le questionnement identitaire A, A La violence de l'exil A et A La mA(c)moire fragmentA(c)e A, cet ouvrage contribue au questionnement identitaire de la...