Memory and Autobiography - 9781509542185
  • Memory and Autobiography - 9781509542185

Memory and Autobiography - 9781509542185

New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See the ... Read moreabout the conditionNew: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See the seller's listing for full details. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
€41.32
Tax included
Quantity
10 Items

Description
This book by one of Latin America's leading cultural theorists examines the place of the subject and the role of biographical and autobiographical genres in contemporary culture. Arfuch argues that the on-going proliferation of private and intimate stories - what she calls the 'biographical space' - can be seen as symptomatic of the impersonalizing dynamics of contemporary times. Autobiographical genres, however, harbour an intersubjective dimension. The 'I' who speaks wants to be heard by another, and the other who listens discovers in autobiography possible points of identification. Autobiographical genres, including those that border on fiction, therefore become spaces in which the singularity of experience opens onto the collective and its historicity in ways that allow us to reflect on the ethical, political, and aesthetic dimensions not only of self-representation but also of life itself. Opening up debate through juxtaposition and dialogue, Arfuch's own poetic writing moves freely from the Holocaust to Argentina's last dictatorship and its traumatic memories, and then to the troubled borderlands between Mexico and the United States to show how artists rescue shards of memory that would otherwise be relegated to the dustbin of history. In so doing, she makes us see not only how challenging it is to represent past traumas and violence but also how vitally necessary it is to do so as a political strategy for combating the tides of forgetting and for finding ways of being in common.
Product Details
10 Items

Data sheet

Type
Textbook
Topic
Literature, Sociology
Author
Leonor Arfuch
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
214mm
Item Width
141mm
Number of Pages
180 Pages
Item Weight
262g
Publisher
Polity Press
Publication Year
2020

Specific References

ISBN
9781509542185
16 other products in the same category:
Panoramas of English Gardens by Wheeler, David Hardback Book

Panoramas of English Gardens by Wheeler, David Hardback Book

Good condition -A book that has been read, but is in good condition. Minimal damage to the book cover.The majority of pages are undamaged might be with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text. No writing in the margins, no missing pages.
€17.98
More Panoramas of English Gardens by Wheeler, David Hardback Book
Virgin to Veteran: How to Get Cooking with Confidence by Sam Stern Book The

Virgin to Veteran: How to Get Cooking with Confidence by Sam Stern Book The

Good condition -A book that has been read, but is in good condition. Minimal damage to the book cover.The majority of pages are undamaged might be with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text. No writing in the margins, no missing pages.
€17.91
More Virgin to Veteran: How to Get Cooking with Confidence by Sam Stern Book The
Round the Bend by Clarkson, Jeremy Book

Round the Bend by Clarkson, Jeremy Book

Good condition -A book that has been read, but is in good condition. Minimal damage to the book cover.The majority of pages are undamaged might be with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text. No writing in the margins, no missing pages.
€17.99
More Round the Bend by Clarkson, Jeremy Book
The Great Modern Poets: The Best Poetry of Our T... by Schmidt, Michael Hardback

The Great Modern Poets: The Best Poetry of Our T... by Schmidt, Michael Hardback

Good condition -A book that has been read, but is in good condition. Minimal damage to the book cover.The majority of pages are undamaged might be with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text. No writing in the margins, no missing pages.
€17.91
More The Great Modern Poets: The Best Poetry of Our T... by Schmidt, Michael Hardback
Berlin Street Style: A Guide to Urban Chic by von Heyden, Alexa Book

Berlin Street Style: A Guide to Urban Chic by von Heyden, Alexa Book

Good condition -A book that has been read, but is in good condition. Minimal damage to the book cover.The majority of pages are undamaged might be with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text. No writing in the margins, no missing pages.
€17.98
More Berlin Street Style: A Guide to Urban Chic by von Heyden, Alexa Book
Victoria Beckham: The Biography by Smith, Sean Hardback Book

Victoria Beckham: The Biography by Smith, Sean Hardback Book

Good condition -A book that has been read, but is in good condition. Minimal damage to the book cover.The majority of pages are undamaged might be with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text. No writing in the margins, no missing pages.
€17.91
More Victoria Beckham: The Biography by Smith, Sean Hardback Book
Noah Is The Greatest, Karla Courtney

Noah Is The Greatest, Karla Courtney

Good condition -A book that has been read, but is in good condition. Minimal damage to the book cover.The majority of pages are undamaged might be with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text. No writing in the margins, no missing pages.
€17.91
More Noah Is The Greatest, Karla Courtney
Choose Life - 9780857215222

Choose Life - 9780857215222

New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See the ... Read moreabout the conditionNew: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See the seller's listing for full details. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
€35.92
More Choose Life - 9780857215222
Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets: Colo... by Pilkey, Dav

Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets: Colo... by Pilkey, Dav

Good condition -A book that has been read, but is in good condition. Minimal damage to the book cover.The majority of pages are undamaged might be with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text. No writing in the margins, no missing pages.
€17.95
More Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets: Colo... by Pilkey, Dav
Inclusion, Equality and Diversity in Working with Ch... by Sue Griffin Paperback

Inclusion, Equality and Diversity in Working with Ch... by Sue Griffin Paperback

Good condition -A book that has been read, but is in good condition. Minimal damage to the book cover.The majority of pages are undamaged might be with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text. No writing in the margins, no missing pages.
€17.85
More Inclusion, Equality and Diversity in Working with Ch... by Sue Griffin Paperback
Monsieur, Toussaint, Jean-Philippe

Monsieur, Toussaint, Jean-Philippe

Very good condition -A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. Don't have obvious damage to the book cover. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins.
€17.89
More Monsieur, Toussaint, Jean-Philippe

Follow us on Facebook