Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction: Witnessing Girlhood 1
4. 1. Girls in Crisis: Feminist Resistance in Life Writing by Women of Color 13
5. 2. Gender Pessimism and Survivor Storytelling in the Memoir Boom: Girl, Interrupted, Autobiography of a Face, and Nanette 38
6. 3. Visualizing Sexual Violence and Feminist Child Witness: A Child’s Life and Other Stories and Becoming Unbecoming 63
7. 4. Teaching Dissent through Picture Books: Girlhood Activism and Graphic Life Writing for the Child 86
8. Epilogue. Twenty-First-Century Formations: Child Witness, Trans Life Writing, and Futurity 101
9. Acknowledgments 113
10. Notes 115
11. Index 141
12. About the Author 147