The Limits of Autobiography : : Trauma and Testimony / / Leigh Gilmore.
In The Limits of Autobiography, Leigh Gilmore analyzes texts that depict trauma by combining elements of autobiography, fiction, biography, history, and theory in ways that challenge the constraints of autobiography. Astute and compelling readings of works by Michel Foucault, Louis Althusser, Doroth...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2023] ©2023 |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Edition: | with a new preface |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (186 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface to the 2023 Edition -- Introduction: The Limits of Autobiography -- 1. Represent Yourself -- 2. Bastard Testimony -- 3. There Will Always Be a Father -- 4. There Will Always Be a Mother -- 5. Without Names -- Conclusion: The Knowing Subject and an Alternative Jurisprudence of Trauma -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | In The Limits of Autobiography, Leigh Gilmore analyzes texts that depict trauma by combining elements of autobiography, fiction, biography, history, and theory in ways that challenge the constraints of autobiography. Astute and compelling readings of works by Michel Foucault, Louis Althusser, Dorothy Allison, Mikal Gilmore, Jamaica Kincaid, and Jeanette Winterson explore how each poses the questions "How have I lived?" and "How will I live?" in relation to the social and psychic forms within which trauma emerges. First published in 2001, this new edition of one of the foundational texts in trauma studies includes a new preface by the author that assesses the gravitational pull between life writing and trauma in the twenty-first century, a tension that continues to produce innovative and artful means of confronting kinship, violence, and self-representation. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781501770791 9783110751833 9783111319292 9783111318912 9783111319094 9783111318127 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781501770791 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Leigh Gilmore. |