TY - BOOK ID - 77932255 TI - Spaces of belonging PY - 2007 SN - 1282265652 9786612265655 9401205000 1435604954 9781435604957 9042022833 9789042022836 9789401205009 9042022833 9789042022836 9781282265653 6612265655 PB - Amsterdam New York Editions Rodopi DB - UniCat KW - Autobiographies KW - Authors, French KW - Identity (Psychology) in literature. KW - Geography in literature. KW - Autobiography. KW - Authors, French. KW - Autobiographies. KW - Topography in literature KW - Autobiography KW - Egodocuments KW - Memoirs KW - Biography as a literary form KW - Biography KW - Diaries KW - French authors KW - History and criticism KW - Technique KW - Doubrovsky, Serge KW - Guibert, Hervé KW - Robin, Régine, KW - Doubrovsky, Serge. KW - Guibert, Hervé. KW - Tūprōski, Serj KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - 1900-1999 KW - France. KW - Bro-C'hall KW - Fa-kuo KW - Fa-lan-hsi KW - Faguo KW - Falanxi KW - Falanxi Gongheguo KW - Farans KW - Farānsah KW - França KW - Francia (Republic) KW - Francija KW - Francja KW - Francland KW - Francuska KW - Franis KW - Franḳraykh KW - Frankreich KW - Frankrig KW - Frankrijk KW - Frankrike KW - Frankryk KW - Fransa KW - Fransa Respublikası KW - Franse KW - Franse Republiek KW - Frant͡ KW - Frant͡s Uls KW - Frant͡sii͡ KW - Frantsuzskai͡a Rėspublika KW - Frantsyi͡ KW - Franza KW - French Republic KW - Frencisc Cynewīse KW - Frenska republika KW - Furansu KW - Furansu Kyōwakoku KW - Gallia KW - Gallia (Republic) KW - Gallikē Dēmokratia KW - Hyãsia KW - Parancis KW - Peurancih KW - Phransiya KW - Pransiya KW - Pransya KW - Prantsusmaa KW - Pʻŭrangs KW - Ranska KW - República Francesa KW - Republica Franzesa KW - Republika Francuska KW - Republiḳah ha-Tsarfatit KW - Republikang Pranses KW - République française KW - Tsarfat KW - Tsorfat KW - Guibert, Herv KW - Guibert, Herve KW - Robin, Regine, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77932255 AB - Questions of space, place and identity have become increasingly prominent throughout the arts and humanities in recent times. This study begins by investigating the reasons for this growth in interest and analyses the underlying assumptions on which interdisciplinary discussions about space are often based. After tracing back the history of contact between Geography and Literary Studies from both disciplinary perspectives, it goes on to discuss recent academic work in the field and seeks to forge a new conceptual framework through which contemporary discussions of space and literature can operate. The book then moves on to a thorough application of the interdisciplinary model that it has established. Having argued that the experience of contemporary space has rendered questions of home and belonging particularly pressing, it undertakes detailed analysis of how these phenomena are articulated in a selection of recent French life writing texts. The close, text-led readings reveal that whilst not often highlighted for their relevance to the analysis of space, these works do in fact narrate the impact of some of the most significant cultural experiences of the twentieth century, including the Holocaust and the AIDS crisis, upon geo-cultural senses of identity. Home is shown to be a deeply problematic, yet strongly desired, element of the contemporary world. The book concludes by addressing the underlying thesis that contemporary life writing might provide just the ‘postmodern maps’ that could help not only literary scholars, but also geographers, better understand the world today. Key names and concepts: Serge Doubrovsky - Hervé Guibert - Fredric Jameson - Philippe Lejeune - Régine Robin; Autofiction - Cultural Geography - Interdisciplinarity - Place and Identity - Postmodernism - Space - Postmodern Space - Literary Studies - Twentieth-Century Life Writing. ER -