Abstract
In ‘The Future Imperfect’ Petra Rau reflects on the meaning of her mother’s narrowly averted attempt to discard the family photo albums, and on the function of the photo album as a retroactive personal narrative. The difficulty of reading family photographs that precede one’s own experience and recollection is the subject of the second part, an excerpt from the as yet unpublished family memoir Hinterland.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | C9-C21 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | European Journal of Life Writing |
| Volume | 12 |
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| Publication status | Published - 17 Mar 2023 |
Keywords
- Photography
- Life writing
- memoir