
Performative Memoir
The Methodology of a Creative Process
Lexington Books (Publisher)
Published on 31. March 2021
Book
Hardback
132 pages
978-1-7936-3297-5 (ISBN)
Description
In Performative Memoir: The Methodology of a Creative Process, Theresa Carilli and Adrienne Viramontes construct a new genre of writing, performative memoir. Drawing on scholarship in performance studies and autoethnography, the authors outline a methodology for studying autoethnography, performance, and memoir in a new creative process. Carilli and Viramontes then demonstrate the process by creating their own performative memoirs, titled "Loving Crazy" and "Mexican Love," and perform a close reading of each memoir to show how these theories can be applied to our own personal experiences and trauma. Scholars of performance studies, communication, media studies, cultural studies, and trauma studies will find this book particularly useful.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
353 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-7936-3297-5 (9781793632975)
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Persons
Theresa Carilli is professor emerita at Purdue University Northwest.
Adrienne Viramontes is associate professor of communication at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
Adrienne Viramontes is associate professor of communication at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
Content
Acknowledgments
Preface: Performative Memoir: The Methodology of a Creative Process
Theresa Carilli and Adrienne Viramontes
1.Performative Memoir: From Nostalgia to Recovery
Theresa Carilli and Adrienne Viramontes
2.The Performative Memoir as Spiritual Practice
Adrienne Viramontes
3.Loving Crazy: A Performative Memoir
Theresa Carilli
4.Mexican Love: A Performative Memoir
Adrienne Viramontes
5.Making Sense, Making Peace: An Analysis of "Loving Crazy" as a Performative Memoir
Theresa Carilli
6.The Art of Living Through Performative Memoir: Four Phases
Adrienne Viramontes
7.Performative Memoir: Crossroads of Communication Scholarship
Theresa Carilli and Adrienne Viramontes
Selected References
About the Authors
Preface: Performative Memoir: The Methodology of a Creative Process
Theresa Carilli and Adrienne Viramontes
1.Performative Memoir: From Nostalgia to Recovery
Theresa Carilli and Adrienne Viramontes
2.The Performative Memoir as Spiritual Practice
Adrienne Viramontes
3.Loving Crazy: A Performative Memoir
Theresa Carilli
4.Mexican Love: A Performative Memoir
Adrienne Viramontes
5.Making Sense, Making Peace: An Analysis of "Loving Crazy" as a Performative Memoir
Theresa Carilli
6.The Art of Living Through Performative Memoir: Four Phases
Adrienne Viramontes
7.Performative Memoir: Crossroads of Communication Scholarship
Theresa Carilli and Adrienne Viramontes
Selected References
About the Authors