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Spaces of belonging : home, culture, and identity in 20th century French autobiography.

Title: Spaces of belonging : home, culture, and identity in 20th century French autobiography.
Author: Jones, Elizabeth.
Publication: Amsterdam ; New York : Editions Rodopi, 2007

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316 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Questions of space, place and identity have become increasingly prominent throughout the arts and humanities in recent times. This study begins by investigating the reasons for this growth in interest and analyses the underlying assumptions on which interdisciplinary discussions about space are often based. After tracing back the history of contact between Geography and Literary Studies from both disciplinary perspectives, it goes on to discuss recent academic work in the field and seeks to forge a new conceptual framework through which contemporary discussions of space and literature can operate." "Having argued that the experience of contemporary space has rendered questions of home and belonging particularly pressing, it undertakes detailed analysis of how these phenomena are articulated in a selection of recent French life writing texts. Home is shown to be a deeply problematic, yet strongly desired, element of the contemporary world." "The book concludes by addressing the underlying thesis that contemporary life writing might provide just the 'postmodern maps' that could help not only literary scholars, but also geographers, better understand the world today."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Spatial practices, 1871-689X ; 3

Uniform Title

Spatial practices 3.

Subject

Genre/Form

Autobiographies
Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Autobiography.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-310) and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

Space and literature -- Contemporary life writing -- Medico-cultural spaces in Hervé Guibert's AIDS texts -- Doubrovsky: autofictional constructions of self and place -- Robin: lost, imaginary, urban and moving home spaces -- Life writing and postmodern cartography.

ISBN

9042022833
9789042022836

OCLC

173807518

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library