Lifework: On the autobiographical impulse in contemporary art, writing, and theory eBook

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On the autobiographical impulse in contemporary art, writing, and theory
Following the critical scepticism surrounding the notion of the ‘self’ as a singular entity during the 1960s, many artists and writers sought to test the apparent problem posed by autobiography as both a traditional genre and as a way of working. Considering the consequent emergence of autotheory, Lifework traces this shift in artistic and literary production during the late twentieth century and beyond, examining a set of diverse practices that mine the line between what it is to make art and what it is to live life. The book’s chapters connect a variety of artistic strategies that cut across medium, geography and time, uncovering how the historical marginalisation of first-person experience has taken on larger social, cultural and political implications in the contemporary moment and how the work of living might still relate to the work of art.

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9781526172488

Lifework: On the autobiographical impulse in contemporary art, writing, and theory is written by Moran Sheleg and published by Manchester University Press. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Lifework are 9781526172464, 1526172461 and the print ISBNs are 9781526172471, 152617247X. Additional ISBNs for this eTextbook include 9781526172488.