Picturing Identity : Contemporary American Autobiography in Image and Text /

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In this text, Hertha D. Sweet Wong examines the intersection of writing and visual art in the autobiographical work of twentieth- and twenty-first-century American writers and artists who employ a mix of written and visual forms of self-narration. Combining approaches from autobiography studies and...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wong, Hertha Dawn (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Temas:
Group identity > United States.
Autobiography in art.
Autobiography in literature.
Autobiography.
American literature > History and criticism.
Identité collective > États-Unis.
Autobiographie dans l'art.
Autobiographie dans la littérature.
Autobiographie.
autobiography (genre)
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
ART > Criticism & Theory.
American literature.
Group identity.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
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  • Leslie Marmon Silko's photo-narratives: "a story connected with every place, every object in the landscape"
  • Art Spiegelman's graphic memoir, Maus: "one is left with what remains, the ruins that are sifted over endlessly"
  • Julie Chen's artists' books: "the constant search for meaning in the chattering of time"
  • Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's dicte: "a series of metaphors for the return"
  • Carrie Mae Weems's photo-(auto)biographies: "work that is essential to our cultural dialogue"
  • Faith Ringgold's story quilts: "all things American in America are about race"
  • Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds's artwork: "native peoples have chosen art as their cultural tool and weapon."

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