Descripción
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.
Author: Leigh Gilmore
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 07/15/2023
Pages: 186
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d
ISBN13: 9781501770777
ISBN10: 1501770772
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory
- Philosophy | Movements | Critical Theory
- Psychology | Psychopathology | Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
About the Author
Leigh Gilmore is the author of several books, including The #MeToo Effect, Tainted Witness, and (with Elizabeth Marshall) Witnessing Girlhood. Her public feminist scholarship appears in The Conversation, Public Books, and WBUR's Cognoscenti.