Voices of Women Writers: Using Language to Negotiate Identity in (Trans)migratory Contexts

Author:   Elena Anna Spagnuolo ,  Professor Francesca Billiani
Publisher:   Anthem Press
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9781839987984


Pages:   164
Publication Date:   10 October 2023
Format:   Hardback
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Voices of Women Writers: Using Language to Negotiate Identity in (Trans)migratory Contexts


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It investigates the link between writing, self-translating and identity in migrant narratives, by analysing a corpus of texts written by authors who were born in Italy and then moved to English-speaking countries. This book investigates the 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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Author:   Elena Anna Spagnuolo ,  Professor Francesca Billiani
Publisher:   Anthem Press
Imprint:   Anthem Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781839987984


ISBN 10:   1839987987
Pages:   164
Publication Date:   10 October 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Not yet available, will be POD   Availability explained
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“An engaging book on the practice of self-translation as part of the process of creative writing among immigrant women authors who negotiate different identities, languages and cultures. Do we abandon the old country but keep the mother tongue? The detailed arguments here are accessible for both scholars and students.” —Joseph Pivato, Ph.D., Professor of Comparative Literature, Athabasca University, Canada. “A timely and compelling publication exploring the relationship between language, identityand ethnicity through the migrant narratives of four Italian-born authors who moved toEnglish-speaking countries: Gianna Patriarca, DôreMichelut, Licia Canton and Francesca Duranti. Drawing a parallel between ‘mother and mother (tongue, land)’, the author offers a gendered perspective on the works of these transmigrant writers, whose ‘specific and identitarian discourse’ opens up new possibilities for a transmigrant existence.” —Lucia Aiello, Senior Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistic Science, University of York, UK.


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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.

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