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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Main Author: Robertson, Rachel
Format: Journal Article
Published: VU e-Publishing 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82513
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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