Stories of the Self : Life Writing After the Book
by
Anna Poletti
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Postmillennial Pop
ISBN-10
1479836664
ISBN-13
9781479836666
Publisher
New York University Press
Imprint
New York University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 1st, 2020
Print length
277 Pages
Weight
390 grams
Dimensions
15.30 x 22.80 x 1.80 cms
Product Classification:
Literature: history & criticismMedia studies
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The importance of personal storytelling in contemporary culture and politics In an age where our experiences are processed and filtered through a wide variety of mediums, both digital and physical, how do we tell our own story? How do we "get a life," make sense of who we are and the way we live, and communicate that to others? Stories of the Self takes the literary study of autobiography and opens it up to a broad and fascinating range of material practices beyond the book, investigating the manifold ways people are documenting themselves in contemporary culture. Anna Poletti explores Andy Warhol's Time Capsules, a collection of six hundred cardboard boxes filled with text objects from the artist's everyday life; the mid-aughts crowdsourced digital archive PostSecret; queer zine culture and its practices of remixing and collaging; and the bureaucratic processes surrounding surveillance dossiers. Stories of the Self argues that while there is a strong emphasis on the importance of personal storytelling in contemporary culture and politics, mediation is just as important in establishing the credibility and legibility of life writing. Poletti argues that the very media used for writing our lives intrinsically shapes how we are seen to matter.
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