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Interior Archives: An Experiment in Autobiographical Fiction

Interior Archives: An Experiment in Autobiographical Fiction

Annabel Jane Dover, Alex James Pearl
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781668453377|ISBN10: 1668453371|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781668453414|EISBN13: 9781668453384
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5337-7.ch001
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Dover, Annabel Jane, and Alex James Pearl. "Interior Archives: An Experiment in Autobiographical Fiction." Handbook of Research on the Relationship Between Autobiographical Memory and Photography, edited by Mark Bruce Nigel Ingham, et al., IGI Global, 2023, pp. 1-21. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5337-7.ch001

APA

Dover, A. J. & Pearl, A. J. (2023). Interior Archives: An Experiment in Autobiographical Fiction. In M. Ingham, N. Milic, V. Kantas, S. Andersdotter, & P. Lowe (Eds.), Handbook of Research on the Relationship Between Autobiographical Memory and Photography (pp. 1-21). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5337-7.ch001

Chicago

Dover, Annabel Jane, and Alex James Pearl. "Interior Archives: An Experiment in Autobiographical Fiction." In Handbook of Research on the Relationship Between Autobiographical Memory and Photography, edited by Mark Bruce Nigel Ingham, et al., 1-21. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2023. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5337-7.ch001

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Abstract

This chapter is an experiment in imaginative dialogue. It is co-authored but also calls upon 19th century authors Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Anna Atkins to act as spirit guides in the use of fiction to explore a relationship between the family photograph and autobiographical memory. In an extension of Roland Barthes' biographeme, it discusses the idea that photographic, and photographed, objects can become nexuses that connect, stimulate, and radiate autobiographical memories. It champions imaginary involvement and an emotional response to the family photograph as a way of giving voice to the voiceless. The chapter is split into two interrelated voices. Voice 1 focuses on the methods and processes involved in creating fictional dialogues with photographic objects. Voice 2 creates a series of fictional dialogues with a collection of photographic images scattered randomly throughout the text. The reader is encouraged to read the text in any order.

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