Life Writing after Empire
About this book
A watershed moment of the twentieth century, the end of empire saw upheavals to global power structures and national identities. However, decolonisation profoundly affected individual subjectivities too. Life Writing After Empire examines how people around the globe have made sense of the post-imperial condition through the practice of life writing in its multifarious expressions, from auto/biography through travel writing to oral history and photography. Through interdisciplinary approaches that draw on literature and history alike, the contributors explore how we might approach these genres differently in order to understand how individual life writing reflects broader societal changes. From far-flung corners of the former British Empire, people have turned to life writing to manage painful or nostalgic memories, as well as to think about the past and future of the nation anew through the personal experience. In a range of innovative and insightful contributions, some of the foremost scholars of the field challenge the way we think about narrative, memory and identity after empire. This book was originally published as a special issue of Life Writing.
Reader Profile
· 156 pages · ≈ 2 h 53 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read Life Writing after Empire?
About ≈ 2 h 53 m — 156 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Life Writing after Empire?
156 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Life Writing after Empire?
It sits on the Biography & Memoir shelves.
Is Life Writing after Empire in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote Life Writing after Empire?
Astrid Rasch.