The argument has been made that memoir reflects and augments the narcissistic tendencies of our neo-liberal age. Mediating Memory: 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…mehr
The argument has been made that memoir reflects and augments the narcissistic tendencies of our neo-liberal age. Mediating Memory: 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.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Introduction Bunty Avieson, Fiona Giles and Sue Joseph Section One: Craft Chapter1. Memory's fracture: Instability in the contemporary memoir Marie O'Rourke Chapter2. Teaching memoir in neoliberal times Megan Brown Chapter 3. The ghost in the memoir machine: Exploring the relationship between ghost-written memoir and biography Matthew Ricketson Chapter 4. Re-presenting madness in the form of a quadrilogue Simon Clarke Section Two: Boundaries Chapter 5. The other-directed memoir: Victim impact statements and the aesthetics of change Fiona Giles Chapter 6. After he shot Arthur Calwell: Peter Kocan's use of the second person Tony Davis Chapter 7. Memoir for your ears: the podcast life Siobhan McHugh Chapter 8. The "I" and the "Eye": Mediated perspective in the documemoir Kathleen Waites Section Three: Sites Chapter 9. Eco-Memoir: Protecting, Restoring and Repairing Memory and Environment Jessica White Chapter 10. "Stories": Social media and ephemeral narratives as memoir Kylie Cardell, Kate Douglas and Emma Maguire Chapter 11. Memoir 2.0: the writing of the self as brand Georgiana Toma Chapter 12. Travel Memoir and Australia: From Twain to Tracks and the Present Day Ben Stubbs Section Four: Bloodlines Chapter 13. Holding the memories: death, success and the ethics of memoir Bunty Avieson Chapter 14. First-person narratives and feminism: tracing the maternal DNA Kath Kenny Chapter 15. To begin to know: resolving ethical tensions in David Leser's patriographical work Sue Joseph and Carolyn Rickett Chapter 16. The epistolary thread as collaborative writing in grief memoir Freya Latona Section Five: Recuperation Chapter 17. Happy, funny and humane: South African childhood narratives which challenge the "single story" of apartheid Anthea Garman Chapter 18. Redressing the silence: Racism, trauma and Aboriginal women's life writing Willa McDonald Chapter 19. Lest we forget: mateship, masculinity, and Australian identity Jack Bowers Chapter 20. Bridges across broken time: Armenian "minor-memoirs" of the turn of the 21st century Gülbin K¿ranölu Notes on Contributors Index
Introduction Bunty Avieson, Fiona Giles and Sue Joseph Section One: Craft Chapter1. Memory's fracture: Instability in the contemporary memoir Marie O'Rourke Chapter2. Teaching memoir in neoliberal times Megan Brown Chapter 3. The ghost in the memoir machine: Exploring the relationship between ghost-written memoir and biography Matthew Ricketson Chapter 4. Re-presenting madness in the form of a quadrilogue Simon Clarke Section Two: Boundaries Chapter 5. The other-directed memoir: Victim impact statements and the aesthetics of change Fiona Giles Chapter 6. After he shot Arthur Calwell: Peter Kocan's use of the second person Tony Davis Chapter 7. Memoir for your ears: the podcast life Siobhan McHugh Chapter 8. The "I" and the "Eye": Mediated perspective in the documemoir Kathleen Waites Section Three: Sites Chapter 9. Eco-Memoir: Protecting, Restoring and Repairing Memory and Environment Jessica White Chapter 10. "Stories": Social media and ephemeral narratives as memoir Kylie Cardell, Kate Douglas and Emma Maguire Chapter 11. Memoir 2.0: the writing of the self as brand Georgiana Toma Chapter 12. Travel Memoir and Australia: From Twain to Tracks and the Present Day Ben Stubbs Section Four: Bloodlines Chapter 13. Holding the memories: death, success and the ethics of memoir Bunty Avieson Chapter 14. First-person narratives and feminism: tracing the maternal DNA Kath Kenny Chapter 15. To begin to know: resolving ethical tensions in David Leser's patriographical work Sue Joseph and Carolyn Rickett Chapter 16. The epistolary thread as collaborative writing in grief memoir Freya Latona Section Five: Recuperation Chapter 17. Happy, funny and humane: South African childhood narratives which challenge the "single story" of apartheid Anthea Garman Chapter 18. Redressing the silence: Racism, trauma and Aboriginal women's life writing Willa McDonald Chapter 19. Lest we forget: mateship, masculinity, and Australian identity Jack Bowers Chapter 20. Bridges across broken time: Armenian "minor-memoirs" of the turn of the 21st century Gülbin K¿ranölu Notes on Contributors Index
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