Buttons: Life Writing from a Small Collection

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Robertson, Rachel
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	VU e-Publishing 2020
Subjects:	1904 - Performing Arts and Creative Writing
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82513

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