{"product_id":"9781666979961","title":"Women (Re)Writing Illness as Their Own","description":"\u003ch1\u003eWomen (Re)Writing Illness as Their Own\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRachel N. Spear\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Women Authors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWomen (Re)Writing Illness as Her Own\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eilluminates ways in which writing processes and products enable women to create spaces of their own-spaces that interrogate illness, challenge restitution (re)constructions, and work within and around various limitations associated with women writing illness.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBridging trauma studies with women's studies, this collection blends creative writing and literary studies to explore how illness can weigh on the process of writing. The chapters examine narrative products to better understand how women write illnesses in relation to identity (re)constructions, how they challenge triumphant tropes, how they work within and beyond narrative and linguistic limitations, how the very metaphors and\/or genres selected work to aid in their narrating processes, and how their writing acts and products work in conjunction with their illness and (sometimes) healing journeys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRachel N. Spear\u003c\/b\u003e is Director of Gender Studies and Professor of English at Francis Marion University.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22 July 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781666979961\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e186\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51944927854732,"sku":"9781666979961","price":26.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_44b69c6e-97fd-46c0-8cf7-7529f62a2170.jpg?v=1786036574","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781666979961","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}