'This book belongs to': Trauma, (Bio)Degradation, and the Law in Visual and Narrative Diaries
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Gildersleeve, Jessica and Batorowicz, Beata. 2020. "'This book belongs to': Trauma, (Bio)Degradation, and the Law in Visual and Narrative Diaries." Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly. 43 (4), pp. 781-799. https://doi.org/10.1353/bio.2020.0079
| Article Title | 'This book belongs to': Trauma, (Bio)Degradation, and the Law in Visual and Narrative Diaries |
|---|---|
| ERA Journal ID | 6901 |
| Article Category | Article |
| Authors | Gildersleeve, Jessica (Author) and Batorowicz, Beata (Author) |
| Journal Title | Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly |
| Journal Citation | 43 (4), pp. 781-799 |
| Number of Pages | 20 |
| Year | 2020 |
| Place of Publication | United States |
| ISSN | 0162-4962 |
| 1529-1456 | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1353/bio.2020.0079 |
| Web Address (URL) | https://muse.jhu.edu/article/801156 |
| Abstract | Phoebe Gloeckner’s graphic novel The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2002), Nan Goldin’s photo diary The Ballad of Sexual Dependency (1986), and Tracey Emin’s intimate art installations My Bed (1998) and Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995 (1995) complicate the genres of life writing and confessional art. These artistic narratives both degrade and are responsible to 'truth' as a means of bearing witness to trauma. |
| Keywords | life writing; confessional art; trauma |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 360603. Performance art |
| 360104. Visual cultures | |
| 470523. North American literature | |
| Byline Affiliations | University of Southern Queensland |
| Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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