Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE: Addressing the Self: Autobiographical Metafiction; 1 The Mirrored Self: Helena Parente Cunha's Women between Mirrors; 2 The Self in Exile: Luisa Futoransky's Babelic Metatext; PART TWO: From Self to Family to Nation: The Family Saga as an Autobiographical Genre; 3 Re-membering the Nation by Remembering the Family: Ana María Shua's The Book of Memories; 4 The Autobiographical Text as Memory Box: Nélida Piñon's The Republic of Dreams.
  • PART THREE: Bearing Witness to the Self and the Community: Testimonial Works by Indigenous Women5 ""The Life of Bobbi Lee Is about Why We Must Talk"": Testimonial Literature as a Call to Action; 6 ""Part of Surviving Is through Remembering"": The Ethics and Politics of Life Narratives about Indian Residential School Experiences; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.