Abstract
This article looks at the numerous life narrative texts authored by and written about the Pakistani youth activist Malala Yousafzai. I consider the ways in which Malala’s archive of collaborative life narrative texts, which represent a progressive narrative that explicitly addresses critiques made about Malala as it proceeds, makes visible moments of resistance. Malala has crafted a speaking position that utilises the ideologies and cultural constructions of childhood and youth–particularly as citizens and representatives of a nation’s future–to become a voice of educational reform.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 297-311 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Life Writing |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 5 Jul 2017 |
Keywords
- collaborative archive
- life narrative and activism
- Malala Yousafzai
- youth writing