“so much about myself I didn’t understand”: rememory and the problematics of a lost identity in Sally Morgan’s My Place
This paper presents the problems of a lost identity in My Place, an Australian aboriginal autobiography by Sally Morgan. Albeit literary critics have questioned the 'indigeneity' and 'reality' concerning the narration of stolen generation, this paper situates the reading of My Pl...
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| description | This paper presents the problems of a lost identity in My Place, an Australian aboriginal autobiography by Sally Morgan. Albeit literary critics have questioned the 'indigeneity' and 'reality' concerning the narration of stolen generation, this paper situates the reading of My Place within the issue of (un)making and recuperation of socio cultural consciousness of the self. Through the lens of rememory as an exercise of recollection and rediscovery of the past, the analysis focuses on the triangulation of the themes of self, culture, and consciousness as represented in My Place. The findings indicate that rememory as illustrated in My Place, is evident in the protagonist's exploration of her personal history, her discovery of cultural/racial history, and her realisation of the double consciousness that comes with being a member of the aboriginal community. |
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| spelling | ukm.eprints-227432023-12-26T10:12:40Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22743/ “so much about myself I didn’t understand”: rememory and the problematics of a lost identity in Sally Morgan’s My Place Raihanah M.M., Mohd Muzhafar Idrus, This paper presents the problems of a lost identity in My Place, an Australian aboriginal autobiography by Sally Morgan. Albeit literary critics have questioned the 'indigeneity' and 'reality' concerning the narration of stolen generation, this paper situates the reading of My Place within the issue of (un)making and recuperation of socio cultural consciousness of the self. Through the lens of rememory as an exercise of recollection and rediscovery of the past, the analysis focuses on the triangulation of the themes of self, culture, and consciousness as represented in My Place. The findings indicate that rememory as illustrated in My Place, is evident in the protagonist's exploration of her personal history, her discovery of cultural/racial history, and her realisation of the double consciousness that comes with being a member of the aboriginal community. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22743/1/TT%2019.pdf Raihanah M.M., and Mohd Muzhafar Idrus, (2023) “so much about myself I didn’t understand”: rememory and the problematics of a lost identity in Sally Morgan’s My Place. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 29 (3). pp. 272-284. ISSN 0128-5157 https://ejournal.ukm.my/3l/issue/view/1618 |
| spellingShingle | Raihanah M.M., Mohd Muzhafar Idrus, “so much about myself I didn’t understand”: rememory and the problematics of a lost identity in Sally Morgan’s My Place |
| title | “so much about myself I didn’t understand”: rememory and the problematics of a lost identity in Sally Morgan’s My Place |
| title_full | “so much about myself I didn’t understand”: rememory and the problematics of a lost identity in Sally Morgan’s My Place |
| title_fullStr | “so much about myself I didn’t understand”: rememory and the problematics of a lost identity in Sally Morgan’s My Place |
| title_full_unstemmed | “so much about myself I didn’t understand”: rememory and the problematics of a lost identity in Sally Morgan’s My Place |
| title_short | “so much about myself I didn’t understand”: rememory and the problematics of a lost identity in Sally Morgan’s My Place |
| title_sort | so much about myself i didn t understand rememory and the problematics of a lost identity in sally morgan s my place |
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