{"product_id":"stories-of-the-self-9781479863600","title":"Stories of the Self","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe importance of personal storytelling in contemporary culture and politics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn an age where our experiences are processed and filtered through a wide variety of mediums, both digital and physical, how do we tell our own story? How do we “get a life,” make sense of who we are and the way we live, and communicate that to others? \u003ci\u003eStories of the Self \u003c\/i\u003etakes the literary study of autobiography and opens it up to a broad and fascinating range of material practices beyond the book, investigating the manifold ways people are documenting themselves in contemporary culture. Anna Poletti explores Andy Warhol’s \u003ci\u003eTime Capsules\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of six hundred cardboard boxes filled with text objects from the artist’s everyday life; the mid-aughts crowdsourced digital archive \u003ci\u003ePostSecret\u003c\/i\u003e; queer zine culture and its practices of remixing and collaging; and the bureaucratic processes surrounding surveillance dossiers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStories of the Self\u003c\/i\u003e argues that while there is a strong emphasis on the importance of personal storytelling in contemporary culture and politics, mediation is just as important in establishing the credibility and legibility of life writing. Poletti argues that the very media used for writing our lives intrinsically shapes how we are seen to matter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anna Poletti","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48272949674235,"sku":"9781479863600","price":94.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_7ce0874e-c8ed-4cc4-83a7-803f036c647e.jpg?v=1770997669","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/stories-of-the-self-9781479863600","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}