Women Writers and Autobiography: A Gendered Genre

Time: April 5, 2016, 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Location: Peter Graham Scholarly Commons(Bird Library)

It is generally supposed that women’s literature is prone to using autobiographical material. Are there similar tendencies in other subaltern groups(e.g, African Americans, Latino/as, Jews, gays)? Freixas explores the social and political implications of these ideas.

Laura Freixas,, Jeanette K. Watson Visiting Professor