“Confusions about the place and the way in which I grew up”: Place and Knowledge in Joan Didion’s Memoir Where I Was From

This essay is a close reading of Joan Didion’s memoir Where I Was From“ (2003), and it is particularly focused on the spatial aspects of Didion’s narrative. I am arguing that the production of autobiographical knowledge in this text is closely linked to the places the narrator is referring to...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies
Main Author: Alexandra Wagner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Regensburg: Current objectives in postgraduate American studies c/o Universität Regensburg/Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik 2012-05-01
Online Access:https://copas.uni-regensburg.de/index.php/copas/article/view/137