{"product_id":"great-dames-9780802072153","title":"Great Dames","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGreat Dames\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of biographical sketches, memoirs, and essays about twentieth-century Canadian women from all walks of life. While attempting to capture the meaning of the ordinary lives of extraordinary women, it also explores the possibility of challenging, even subverting, the traditional view of life writing as an endeavour to summarize and fix in time, the public careers of public men. The fifteen essays represent a variety of alternative approaches to feminist biography, including chronological narrative, thematic exploration, multiple biography, conversations between biographer and subject, interviews, diaries, and even fictional accounts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn selecting their subjects, from Mennonite refugee women to an Ojibwa ethnologist, the contributors were asked to consider women who would be unlikely candidates for longer biographies; in the course of their research, however, it became clear that the lives of at least two of the chosen subjects warranted book-length examination. The selection also attempts to address perceived gaps in regional, class, racial, and disciplinary representation in life writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether, the essays reveal that the content, form, and perspective of biography are now bound only by the creativity, research energy, and taste of the biographer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elspeth Cameron\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 6.60w x 0.96d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802072153\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElspeth Cameron\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at the University of Toronto, and the author and editor of many Canadian literary biographies. \u003cb\u003eJanice Dickin\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in the Faculty of General Studies at the University of Calgary, and editor of \u003cem\u003eSuitable for the Wilds\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45022805983347,"sku":"9780802072153","price":55.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_e74ae11b-974c-477f-bcb6-dde8a0b15e6e.jpg?v=1779280656","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/great-dames-9780802072153","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}