Against redemption: The dilemma of memoir

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Against redemption: The dilemma of memoir

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 u...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Robertson, Rachel
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	University of Canberra 2012
Online Access:	http://www.axonjournal.com.au/issue-2/against-redemption-dilemma-memoir http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13349

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