Unknown Knowns
State Secrets and Family Secrets
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7668993 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Molly Pulda (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 472-491 |
| Publication date | 2012-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Biography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-4962 • E-ISSN: 1529-1456 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/bio.2012.0042 |
| OpenAlex | W2049225362 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 14 |
Three applications of memoir theory and reception—the ethics of betrayal, the calibration of transparency, and the unknown knowledge called "nescience"—illuminate the public reaction to state secrets, from the Pentagon Papers to WikiLeaks. The correlations between family secrets and state secrets yield new ways to understand the workings of secrecy in contemporary culture
Art history · Betrayal · Memoir · Pentagon · Political science · Secrecy · Autobiographical and Biographical Writing · Computer Science · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · History · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2023 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |