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Personal Effects
Reading the Journal of Marie Bashkirtseff
Copyright Year 2010
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Book Description
This book examines the genre and gender issues at stake in Marie Bashkirtseff's bid to go public with the personal. It explores the discursive strategies by which Bashkirtseff writes her journal from the private context of its keeping to a public context of reading.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1. Making an Exhibition of Oneself: The Preface 2. Show and Tell: The Reader within the Diary 3. On Display: The Details of Dress 4. Living On: Forms of Cultural Afterlife 5. Conclusion
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Sonia Wilson