Autotheories
$96.18
- Paperback
296 pages
- Release Date
18 March 2025
Summary
A transdisciplinary array of authors offering a new frame of reference for autotheory and its genre-bending synthesis of autobiography and critical theory.
Autotheories tells the story of a field in formation. Building on traditions that have long fused life writing, philosophical encounter, embodied theorizing, and cultural critique, autotheory constructs new practices of critical theory. Transgressing generic boundaries and bridging stylistic registers, it crafts language t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262552295 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262552299 |
| Author: | Alex Brostoff, Vilashini Cooppan |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 296 |
| Release Date: | 18 March 2025 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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Critics Review
“Theory wonks will love this rigorous and surprisingly playful survey of the genre of autotheory.”—The Millions
About The Author
Alex Brostoff
Alex Brostoff is Assistant Professor of English at Kenyon College. An interdisciplinary scholar and translator, they are the coeditor of a special issue of ASAP/Journal on autotheory.
Vilashini Cooppan is Professor of Literature and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at the University of California at Santa Cruz and the author of Worlds Within- National Narratives and Global Connections in Postcolonial Writing.
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