The Work of Memory
Embodiment, materiality and home in Jeanne Bouvier's autobiographical writings
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5101794 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maria Tamboukou (0000-0002-6380-4415, Tata Steel (United Kingdom), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 207-226 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-03 |
| 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 | 10.1080/09612025.2015.1039349 |
| OpenAlex | W1191863635 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
In this paper I follow trails in the memory of work by reading the books and papers of Jeanne Bouvier, a French seamstress, ardent trade-unionist and passionate writer, who left a rich body of labour literature including four published historical studies, as well as the memoirs of her life, work and struggles. Work, action and creativity are three interrelated planes on which Bouvier situates herself, while memory and imagination are interwoven in the way she seeks to understand herself in the world with others. What emerges as a particularly striking theme from Bouvier's papers is a material matrix of mnemonic and imaginary practices, wherein bodies, places and objects are entangled in the narrative constitution of the self of the woman worker/writer
Aesthetics · Art · Linguistics · Literature · Memoir · Mnemonic · Narrative · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · The Imaginary · Computer Science · Cultural Identity and Heritage · French Historical and Cultural Studies · History · North African History and Literature · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2016 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |