{"product_id":"the-limits-of-autobiography-9781501770760","title":"The Limits of Autobiography","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Limits of Autobiography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, 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.\u003c\/b\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeigh Gilmore's The Limits of Autobiography is a fine addition to the body of work in trauma studies, and is highly recommended for all working in the mental health disciplines. The book is a rich cornucopia of literary and psychological analyses, theoretical sophistication, and interdisciplinary connectedness; these treasures can only be suggested here.\u003c\/p\u003e * Metapsychology Online Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough theoretically nuanced, lucid, and insightful readings, Gilmore demonstrates the ability of narrative to transform trauma, to speak to a certain truth about the relationship between trauma and identity that goes beyond the exigencies of accuracy and objectivity that pertain to a juridical contact. Any reader interested in the myriad interpenetrations of violence, the law, identity, family, and life writing will find much to admire in this impressive study.\u003c\/p\u003e * Biography *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGilmore offers astute and compelling commentaries in relation to the social and psychic forms within which selected autobiographers told their personal stories in literate and unconventional ways. Informative, thought-provoking chapters comprise this unique and highly recommended contribution to the literary study of the autobiography.\u003c\/p\u003e * The Bookwatch *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Limits of Autobiography\u003cbr\u003e 1. Represent Yourself\u003cbr\u003e 2. Bastard Testimony: Illegitimacy and Incest in Dorothy Allison's \u003ci\u003eBastard Out of Carolina\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. There Will Always Be a Father: Transference and the Auto\/biographical Demand in Mikal Gilmore's \u003ci\u003eShot in the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. There Will Always Be a Mother: Jamaica Kincaid's Serial Autobiography\u003cbr\u003e 5. Without Names: An Anatomy of Absence in Jeanette Winterson's \u003ci\u003eWritten on the Body\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: The Knowing Subject and an Alternative Jurisprudence of Trauma\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49531383578967,"sku":"9781501770760","price":86.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501770760.jpg?v=1731882890","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-limits-of-autobiography-9781501770760","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}