Reviews for Islands of women and Amazons

The average rating for Islands of women and Amazons based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-06-12 00:00:00 Pat Edmonds A study of memoirs, including the author's story of giving up a child for adoption.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-09-01 00:00:00 James Steck Intimate Reading takes a feminist approach to memoir, focusing in particular memoirs of the confessional vein, with the author first revealing her own long-held secret. She examines the shift from a culture of secrecy to the current tell-all society, analyzes shame and its ramifications, discusses risks of revelation, examines narratives of sexuality, and explores trauma and struggles with psychiatric illness. Because of its focus on secrets, trauma, etc., most of the chapters are not particularly pertinent to my research. The most useful chapters for my purposes are the final ones where she discusses who a secret (story) belongs to and what truth means.