Translingual memoir

Besemeres, Mary

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Translingual memoir

Date

2021-01-01

Authors

Besemeres, Mary

Abstract

This chapter is an introduction to translingual memoir. The main focus is texts written in English, such as Leila Ahmed’s A Border Passage, and book-length narratives, although essays are also discussed. The chapter concludes with a brief overview of translingual memoirs in some other European languages.