1st Edition

Queer Memory and Storytelling Gender and Sexually-Diverse Identities and Trans-Media Narrative

By Rob Cover, Rosslyn Prosser Copyright 2024
194 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

194 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

194 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Queer Memory and Storytelling unpacks the ways in which the narrative practices of recounting past experiences play a formative role in formation of identities, cultures, and social change among gender and sexually diverse individuals. Grounded in theoretical research, this work delves into historical accounts, case studies, and draws from the rich tapestry of interviews conducted during... Read more

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

1. Queer Memory, Storytelling and the Narrative Psychology of Identity

2. Memorializing the Past in the Future Self: Remembering ‘Coming Out’ Online

3. Memory, Identity and Performativity

4. Queer Collecting and Strategic Intent

5. Queer Objects, Attachment and Memorial Storytelling

6. The Domestic Archive and Creative Reflection

7. Social Media as an Unwitting Memorial Archive

8. The Queer Monument in Space and Time

9. Queer Storytelling Futures

Index

Biography

Rob Cover is Professor of Digital Communication at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.

Rosslyn Prosser is Senior Lecturer at the University of Adelaide, Australia, and Programme Leader in the Masters in Creative Writing at LASALLE College, University of the Arts, Singapore.