Writing Intersectional Identities
Keywords for Creative Writers
- 248 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About This Book
Is it okay to write about people of other genders, races and identities? And how do I do this responsibly? Whether you are working in fiction, poetry, drama or creative non-fiction, becoming conscious of how you represent people of different social identities is one of the most important responsibilities you have as a writer. This is the first practical guide to thinking and writing reflectively about these issues. Organised in an easy-to-use A to Z format for practicing writers, teachers and students, Writing Intersectional Identities covers such key terms as: Appropriation
Authenticity
Body
Class
Counternarrative
Disability
Essentialism
Gender
Indigenous
Power
Privilege
Representation The book is meant for writers of fiction, poetry, screenplays and creative non-fiction who are seeking to develop a writing practice that is attentive to the world. The book is supported by a companion website at www.criticalcreativewriting.org.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Appropriation
- Audience
- Authenticity
- Author
- Belonging
- Body
- Class
- Colonialism
- Community
- Consciousness
- Counternarrative
- Diaspora
- Disability
- Emotion
- Essentialism
- Gender
- Globalization
- Identity
- Indigenous
- Intersectionality
- Language
- Minoritized
- Multiculturalism
- National
- Positionality
- Power
- Privilege
- Race
- Religion
- Representation
- Sexuality
- Bibliography and Suggested Readings
- Index
- Imprint