TY - BOOK ID - 77880203 TI - Contesting Childhood PY - 2010 SN - 1282562398 9786612562396 0813549159 9780813549156 081354663X 9780813546636 0813546648 9780813546643 9780813546636 9780813546643 9781282562394 6612562390 PB - New Brunswick, NJ DB - UniCat KW - Psychic trauma. KW - Collective memory. KW - Memory KW - Autobiographical memory. KW - Emotional trauma KW - Injuries, Psychic KW - Psychic injuries KW - Trauma, Emotional KW - Trauma, Psychic KW - Psychology, Pathological KW - Collective remembrance KW - Common memory KW - Cultural memory KW - Emblematic memory KW - Historical memory KW - National memory KW - Public memory KW - Social memory KW - Social psychology KW - Group identity KW - National characteristics KW - Retention (Psychology) KW - Intellect KW - Psychology KW - Thought and thinking KW - Comprehension KW - Executive functions (Neuropsychology) KW - Mnemonics KW - Perseveration (Psychology) KW - Reproduction (Psychology) KW - Social aspects. KW - Mémoire épisodique KW - Mémoire KW - Mémoire collective KW - Traumatisme psychique KW - Aspect social UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77880203 AB - The late 1990's and early 2000's witnessed a surge in the publication and popularity of autobiographical writings about childhood. Linking literary and cultural studies, Contesting Childhood draws on a varied selection of works from a diverse range of authorsù from first-time to experienced writers. Kate Douglas explores Australian accounts of the Stolen Generation, contemporary American and British narratives of abuse, the bestselling memoirs of Andrea Ashworth, Augusten Burroughs, Robert Drewe, Mary Karr, Frank McCourt, Dave Pelzer, and Lorna Sage, among many others. Drawing on trauma and memory studies and theories of authorship and readership, Contesting Childhood offers commentary on the triumphs, trials, and tribulations that have shaped this genre. Douglas examines the content of the narratives and the limits of their representations, as well as some of the ways in which autobiographies of youth have become politically important and influential. This study enables readers to discover how stories configure childhood within cultural memory and the public sphere. ER -