Offshoot: Contemporary Life Writing Methodologies and Practice

Offshoot includes essays in life writing methodologies and approaches, as well as a series of creative work-poetry and prose-that engages with current life writing. This collection highlights the development and influence of the genre in the twenty-first century. Starting from the premise that life writing is a significant component of both contemporary artistic practice and scholarship, Offshoot provides a necessary re-evaluation of the mode, its contemporary sub-generic incarnations, as well as methodological and practical approaches. The book presents research on a wide range of approaches, including both traditional areas-such as literature and creative writing-and areas that have not previously been associated with life writing scholarship. With its multifaceted readings, Offshoot signals a shift in life writing research tending towards an expansive, hybrid, experimental, and rhizomic approach. [Subject: Life Writing, Education, Literature]

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1742589626
• ISBN13: 9781742589626
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: University of Western Australia Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"