{"product_id":"the-limits-of-autobiography-leigh-gilmore-9781501770777","title":"The Limits of Autobiography: Trauma and Testimony","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\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leigh Gilmore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501770772\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501770777\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d","brand":"Leigh Gilmore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44138533159167,"sku":"9781501770777","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_77c421ab-e23d-4351-b626-e4c0b06b60f5.jpg?v=1687900181","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-limits-of-autobiography-leigh-gilmore-9781501770777","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}