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Smith, E. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7101-2397
(2026)
Exploring Plural Identity Through Creative-Critical Autoethnography.
Routledge Studies in Literature and Health Humanities
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Routledge.
ISBN 9781041127277
Abstract
This book rethinks the relationship between creative practice and critical inquiry in mental health writing. Combining scholarly analysis with lived experience, it develops a distinctive account of dissociative identity disorder, positioning plural subjectivity not only as its subject, but also as its method. The work blends evocative and analytical approaches to explore how writing can embody unknowing, rupture, and difference: What becomes of life writing and identity processing when memory is discontinuous? Focusing on the often-overlooked early stages of the therapeutic journey— help-seeking, psychoeducation, and meaning-making before “living well” narratives take hold— it engages critically with life writing, memoir, autobiography, and autoethnography, while interrogating the social, clinical, and media frameworks that shape understandings of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), one of the most marginalised forms of neurodiversity. The text theorises as it feels and critiques as it creates, ultimately asking what it means to write—and to be written by—plurality. It will appeal to scholars in the Health Humanities, Literary Studies, especially those with interests in narrative theory and experimental autoethnography, as well as psychologists and sociologists interested in neurodiversity, dissociation, and writing therapy.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 4*,4*,this book offers a unique exploration of the intersection between creative and critical writing in health autoethnography, blending scholarly expertise with lived experience. it positions plural subjectivity as both subject and method, blending evocative and analytical approaches to examine how language, form, and voice can embody difference and unknowing. it explores provocative questions to ask of life writing, memoir, and autoethnography, challenging traditional narratives and inviting deeper reflection on the social and clinical shaping of those with diverse identities. a thought-provoking and insightful text that theorizes, critiques, and feels. ,/dk/atira/pure/researchoutput/REFrank/4_ |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Apr 2025 17:30 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Sep 2026 10:21 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/99098 |
| DOI: | 10.4324/9781003666257 |
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