Silent witness? Aileen Palmer and the problem of evidence in Lesbian History
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4348242 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sally Newman (0000-0003-0710-995X, Monash University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 505-530 |
| Publication date | 2002-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women s History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-2025 • E-ISSN: 1747-583X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09612020200200660 |
| OpenAlex | W4231770426 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 9 |
How do we make sense of private lives and private papers? This article examines some of the issues that confronted the author when beginning to think about how to use Aileen Palmer's personal papers in the specific context of lesbian historiography. The article offers both a reading of the multiple life stories of Aileen Palmer (1915-1988), daughter of one of Australia's most famous literary families, and a reading of the author's own role as lesbian historian examining the nature of ‘evidence’ in the recovery of lesbian lives. Palmer's archive, lodged at the National Library of Australia in Canberra, raises in productive ways many of the major issues in lesbian history. In her reading of letters, drafts of novels, diaries and autobiographical fiction, the author of this article teases out the threads of alternative life stories that can be discerned in Aileen Palmer's private/public papers that point to her hidden history; a history she could not consign to total silence
Aesthetics · Art · Historiography · Lesbian · Literature · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Silence · Sociology · Witness · Cultural History and Identity Formation · European history and politics · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · History · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,16 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2022 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |