FEMALE AUTHORSHIP AND REPRESENTATION IN ITALIAN POST-COLONIAL LITERATURE: AN INTERSECTIONAL APPROACH
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https://doi.org/10.47250/intrell.v32i1.12866Abstract
The present work proposes the analysis of female-authored narratives of Italian postcolonial literature from an intersectional perspective (CRENSHAW, 1989), being this one of the major contributions of contemporary feminism. Intersectionality takes into account the heterogeneity of female subjects, pointing out that gender discrimination must be examined simultaneously with other types of oppression. Besides this, it addresses the coercive effects of power relations, providing women possibilities of resistance and agency (BRAH, 1996).
KEYWORDS: Female authorship. Female characters. Intersectional perspective. Italian postcolonial literature.
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