Memory and Autobiography

Memory and AutobiographyExplore the profound insights offered in 'Memory and Autobiography', a pivotal work by one of Latin America's foremost cultural theorists. This book dives deep into the significance of the *biographical and autobiographical genres*, tackling the intricate dynamics of personal narratives in *contemporary culture*. Arfuch engages with the notion of the 'biographical space', where the proliferation of personal stories serves as a reflection of our modern

Explore the profound insights offered in 'Memory and Autobiography', a pivotal work by one of Latin America's foremost cultural theorists. This book dives deep into the significance of the *biographical and autobiographical genres*, tackling the intricate dynamics of personal narratives in *contemporary culture*. Arfuch engages with the notion of the 'biographical space', where the proliferation of personal stories serves as a reflection of our modern impersonal society. Through an intersubjective lens, she highlights how the *autobiographical genre* invites not only self-expression but also connection, providing avenues for readers to encounter points of identification amid varied experiences.

This pivotal text traverses the landscape of memory, moving from the Holocaust to Argentina's turbulent past, engaging with the traumatic memories that shape collective identities. Arfuch's poetic prose illuminates the necessity of confronting historical traumas through *autobiographical writing*, underscoring its importance in the fight against societal forgetting. With 180 pages of reflective reading, this book is essential for anyone interested in understanding the complexities of memory, identity, and the political implications of personal storytelling.

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ISBN: 9781509542185
Year: 2020
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 180

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Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781509542185
Year: 2020
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 180


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This book by one of Latin America™s leading cultural theorists examines the place of the subject and the role of biographical and autobiographical genres in contemporary cultureArfuch argues that the on-going proliferation of private and intimate stories “ what she calls the ˜biographical space™ “ can be seen as symptomatic of the impersonalizing dynamics of contemporary times. Autobiographical genres, however, harbour an intersubjective dimension. The ˜I™ who speaks wants to be heard by another, and the other who listens discovers in autobiography possible points of identification. Autobiographical genres, including those that border on fiction, therefore become spaces in which the singularity of experience opens onto the collective and its historicity in ways that allow us to reflect on the ethical, political, and aesthetic dimensions not only of self-representation but also of life itselfOpening up debate through juxtaposition and dialogue, Arfuch™s own poetic writing moves freely from the Holocaust to Argentina™s last dictatorship and its traumatic memories, and then to the troubled borderlands between Mexico and the United States to show how artists rescue shards of memory that would otherwise be relegated to the dustbin of history. In so doing, she makes us see not only how challenging it is to represent past traumas and violence but also how vitally necessary it is to do so as a political strategy for combating the tides of forgetting and for finding ways of being in common.