Lesbian-Essaying through Textual In(ter)ventions in Memoir

• Main Author: Cruz, Jhoanna Lynn B.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2022
• Subjects: lesbian; memoir; gender; nonfiction practice; Creative Writing; Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Pacific Islands Languages and Societies; South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/akda/vol1/iss3/4; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/akda/article/1021/viewcontent/3_Cruz_Lesbian_20Essaying_Akda_201_283_29.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

In this exegetical essay, I show how I have deployed linguistic and non-linguistic strategies in the writing of my memoir in order to make my lesbian identity as a writer visible on the page without explicitly stating it. Using the theoretical ideas of Teresa de Lauretis and Nicole Brossard, I asser...