The Routledge Auto Biography Studies Reader
Author | : Ricia Anne Chansky |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
ISBN-10 | : 1138904783 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781138904781 |
Rating | : 4/5 (781 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Routledge Auto Biography Studies Reader written by Ricia Anne Chansky and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge AutoBiography Studies Reader collects together key theoretical essays in the field, creating a solid base for any critical study of autobiography, biography, or life writing. Beginning with a foreword by Sidonie Smith and a general introduction to the collection, the book is then divided into three sections-Foundations, Transformations, and Futures-each with its own introduction. Significant themes weave throughout the sections, including canonicity; genre, modality, and interdisciplinarity; reclamation of texts; disability and the contested body; trauma; agency, silence, and voicing; celebrity culture; digital lives; subjects in the margins; postcolonialism; posthumanism; and, ecocriticism. Attention has also been given to a variety of methodological approaches, such as archival research, genealogical study, DNA testing, autoethnography, testimonio, and oral history, among others.