Buttons: Life Writing from a Small Collection
This essay explores the role of everyday objects in life writing, using the example of a collection of buttons. Writing as bricoleur, and influenced by thing theory, I follow a digressive path and wonder how key aspects of life writing, such as memory, the body, and identity, are influenced when...
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| author | Robertson, Rachel |
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| description | This essay explores the role of everyday objects in life writing, using the
example of a collection of buttons. Writing as bricoleur, and influenced by
thing theory, I follow a digressive path and wonder how key aspects of life
writing, such as memory, the body, and identity, are influenced when one
writes from and with objects. |
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| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-825132021-03-04T06:51:12Z Buttons: Life Writing from a Small Collection Robertson, Rachel 1904 - Performing Arts and Creative Writing This essay explores the role of everyday objects in life writing, using the example of a collection of buttons. Writing as bricoleur, and influenced by thing theory, I follow a digressive path and wonder how key aspects of life writing, such as memory, the body, and identity, are influenced when one writes from and with objects. 2020 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82513 10.21827/ejlw.9.35820 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ VU e-Publishing fulltext |
| spellingShingle | 1904 - Performing Arts and Creative Writing Robertson, Rachel Buttons: Life Writing from a Small Collection |
| title | Buttons: Life Writing from a Small Collection |
| title_full | Buttons: Life Writing from a Small Collection |
| title_fullStr | Buttons: Life Writing from a Small Collection |
| title_full_unstemmed | Buttons: Life Writing from a Small Collection |
| title_short | Buttons: Life Writing from a Small Collection |
| title_sort | buttons: life writing from a small collection |
| topic | 1904 - Performing Arts and Creative Writing |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82513 |