Mediating memory. Tracing the limits of memoir
by Avieson, Bunty Giles, Fiona Joseph, Sue
The argument has been made that memoir reflects and augments the narcissistic tendencies of our neo-liberal age. The Literature of Remembering: Tracing the Limits of Memoir challenges and dismantles that assumption. Focusing on the history, theory and practice of memoir writing, editors Bunty Avieson, Fiona Giles and Sue Joseph provide a thorough and cutting-edge examination of memoir through the lenses of ethics, practice and innovation. By investigating memoir across cultural boundaries, in i…
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- Full title :Mediating memory. Tracing the limits of memoir. / Bunty Avieson; Fiona Giles; Sue Joseph.
Summary
The argument has been made that memoir reflects and augments the narcissistic tendencies of our neo-liberal age. The Literature of Remembering: Tracing the Limits of Memoir challenges and dismantles that assumption. Focusing on the history, theory and practice of memoir writing, editors Bunty Avieson, Fiona Giles and Sue Joseph provide a thorough and cutting-edge examination of memoir through the lenses of ethics, practice and innovation. By investigating memoir across cultural boundaries, in its various guises, and tracing its limits, the editors convincingly demonstrate the plurality of ways in which memoir is helping us make sense of who we are, who we were and the influences that shape us along the way.
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- Publication Date:2017.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge Ltd
- Place of Publication:Andover
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2017.
The Physical Object
- Description:320 pages.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781138092723, 113809272X
- oclc:on1020995412
- LC Classification:PN
- Dewey Decimal:800
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