Autobiography
We are seeking exceptional papers on all aspects of autobiography, memoir, diary, and life-writing for the standing session on Autobiography. Possible topics may include, but are not limited to, the following areas: autobiographic self-representation in new social media; multiethnic life-writing; autobiography in the graphic novel; discovery of archive diary; multi-genre forms of narrative life-writing; and the relationship between autobiography and gender, ethnic, racial, and/or sexual identities.
For questions, please contact the Autobiography presiding officer at tanya.heflin@gmail.com.
Sessions in This Topic Area
| Session Title | Session Chair | Session Time | Session Type |
|---|---|---|---|
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Autobiography I: The Competing “I's” of Autobiography |
Tanya Heflin, Indiana University of Pennsylvania heflin@iup.edu |
Standing Session | |
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Autobiography II: Strategies of Global Life-Writing |
Standing Session | ||
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Autobiography III: Growing Up: Aging and Development in Autobiographical Hybrids |
Standing Session |
