Against redemption: The dilemma of memoir
| dc.contributor.author | Robertson, Rachel | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T11:36:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T11:36:35Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2013-03-20T20:00:46Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Robertson, Rachel. 2012. Against redemption: The dilemma of memoir. Axon: Creative Explorations. 1 (2): pp. 1-8. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13349 | |
| dc.description.abstract |
The pressure for commercially published memoirs to offer a tragedy-to-triumph redemptive arc is exacerbated when the memoir is about disability. I explore how I attempted to contest this narrative arc, using a thematic rather than chronological approach and adopting the personal essay form. I also unpack the role of metaphor in representing a disability such as autism and the complexities of writing from a socio-cultural (rather than symbolic or medical) paradigm of disability. I examine one of the key dilemmas of writing a relational memoir and the creative judgements that the author must make. | |
| dc.publisher | University of Canberra | |
| dc.relation.uri | http://www.axonjournal.com.au/issue-2/against-redemption-dilemma-memoir | |
| dc.title | Against redemption: The dilemma of memoir | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | |
| dcterms.source.volume | 2 | |
| dcterms.source.issn | 1838-8973 | |
| dcterms.source.title | Axon: Creative Explorations | |
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| curtin.accessStatus | Open access |