1st Edition

Photobiography Photographic Self-writing in Proust, Guibert, Ernaux, Mace

By Akane Kawakami Copyright 2013
204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

This book offers an intriguing account of photobiographic works ranging from texts containing metaphorical photographs through ekphrastic narratives to photo-texts. It is dedicated to the writers who embody an attitude towards the self through the photographic: Proust, Guibert, Ernaux, and Mace.

Introduction: The Camera Introduces us to Unconscious Optics as does Psychoanalysis to Unconscious Impulses. 1. Photography and Proust 2. Hervé Guibert: Photography and Love 3. Annie Ernaux: Photography and the Real 4. Gérard Macé: Photography and Self-Creation 5. Conclusion

Biography

Akane Kawakami