In a constellation of female first person voices

The case of «A mí no me iba a pasar» (2019) by Laura Freixas, an autobiography with gender perspective

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https://doi.org/10.13136/2284-2667/1291

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autobiography, feminism, A mí no me iba a pasar, Laura Freixas, genre perspective

Abstract

The aim of this article is to propose an approach to Laura Freixas’ autobiography A mí no me iba a pasar (2019). The paper will highlight the role of Freixas as a reference of Spanish feminism and of an autobiographical writing that emphasizes how the gender to which one belongs conditions the personal life as well as the professional one. After a first part, presenting the scenery of women writers who are currently dedicated to autobiography from a new perspective, with a new sensitivity of vindication, Freixas self-representation will be outlined in a narrative that is both intimate and external, in search of answers about a conventional feminine role that the Spanish writer, born in 1958, never wanted to adopt and in which she got trapped for a while.

Copertina di Historias Fingidas, Numero Speciale 2 (2023): Forme e origini del romanzo. Immagine di copertina: Leen Nina, "French actress Barbara Laage in her apartment reading" (Maggio 1946)

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2023-05-16

Issue

2023: Special Issue 2: Forms and origins of the novel

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Monographic

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