In So Many Words

Taylor & Francis

In So Many WordsWomens Life Experiences from Western and Eastern India\nAuthor(s): Aparna Basu, Malavika Karlekar\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge India\nISBN-13: 9781138164734, 978-1138164734\nSynopsis\nThis volume will mark a new trend in dealing with womens varied experiences of life: individual introductions situate the narrator in a context and then her voice takes over, with no intervention from the editors (except to provide footnotes wherever necessary).\n\nThe personal narrative be it an autobiography, a letter or a diary has come to be recognised as an acceptable data source in history and social science. Literary critics and students of literature too find considerable use in reading the personal writings of poets, fiction and crime writers. In this book, readings of personal narratives help in painting various images of lives that we can only know at second hand. The mlange includes memoirs, published articles, ,