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Michael, Olga. "Excavating Childhood: Fairy Tales, Monsters, and Abuse Survival in Lynda Barry’s What It Is." a/b: Auto/Biography Studies 32. (2017): 541–66. Added by: joachim (6/14/19, 3:59 PM) Last edited by: joachim (6/14/19, 4:02 PM) |
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| Resource type: Journal Article Language: en: English Peer reviewed DOI: 10.1080/08989575.2017.1338002 BibTeX citation key: Michael2017a Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: "What It Is", Autobiography, Barry. Lynda, Gender, Instructional comic, USA, Violence Creators: Michael Collection: a/b: Auto/Biography Studies |
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This article investigates the excavation of abused childhood in Lynda Barry’s What It Is. Looking at the centrality of childish play, fairy tales, and the Gorgon in the protagonist’s effort to cope with maternal abuse, it argues that comics complicate the life narrative and allow the feminist reconfiguration of the monstrous mother of Western psychoanalysis and art.
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