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ToolsSheleg, Moran, ed. (2024) Lifework:On the Autobiographical Impulse in Contemporary Art, Writing and Theory. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9781526172471
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Following the critical scepticism surrounding the notion of the 'self' as a singular entity during the 1960s, many artists and writers sought to test the apparent problem posed by autobiography as both a traditional genre and as a way of working. Considering the consequent emergence of autotheory, Lifework traces this shift in artistic and literary production during the late twentieth century and beyond, examining a set of diverse practices that mine the line between what it is to make art and what it is to live life. The book's chapters connect a variety of artistic strategies that cut across medium, geography and time, uncovering how the historical marginalisation of first-person experience has taken on larger social, cultural and political implications in the contemporary moment and how the work of living might still relate to the work of art.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of History |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Art History and World Art Studies |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Oct 2024 10:30 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Mar 2025 01:23 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/97209 |
| DOI: | 10.7765/9781526172488 |
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