The Future Imperfect: Memoir and the Family Photograph
In ‘The Future Imperfect’ Petra Rau reflects on the meaning of her mother’s narrowly averted attempt to discard the family photo albums, and on the function of the photo album as a retroactive personal narrative. The difficulty of reading family photographs that precede one’s own experience and reco...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Groningen Press
2023-03-01
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| Series: | European Journal of Life Writing |
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| Online Access: | https://ejlw.eu/article/view/40987 |