{"product_id":"the-limits-of-autobiography-4","title":"The Limits of Autobiography","description":"\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\n\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\n","brand":"Leigh Gilmore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43574378594486,"sku":"9781501770784","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781501770784.jpg?v=1712217818","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/the-limits-of-autobiography-4","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}