Introducing the historian to history
Autobiographical performances in historical texts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12591908 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew Hollow (0000-0001-5207-5192, University of Oxford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 43-52 |
| Publication date | 2009-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Rethinking History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1364-2529 • E-ISSN: 1470-1154 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13642520802639629 |
| OpenAlex | W2000909262 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 9 |
Recent theoretical developments in the historical field have led historians increasingly to use the ‘personal’ in historical scholarship. This essay explores one manifestation of this new turn, the autobiographical introduction, to consider how and why historians have decided to become more prominent in the texts they produce. Using a range of examples from various historical fields, this essay argues that autobiographical performances produce an illusion of subjectivity but can never fully allow the ‘complete’ historian to intrude into the text. I consider how these introductions function in historical scholarship, analysing in particular how autobiographical acts can provide a forum for marginalized groups to gain a voice in academia, before considering what future the autobiographical introduction has in historical scholarship
Aesthetics · Art · Autobiographical memory · Cognitive psychology · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Literature · Political science · Recall · Scholarship · Sociology · Subjectivity · Autobiographical and Biographical Writing · Biographical and Historical Analysis · History · Law · Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2021 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |