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ABSTRACT This article investigates the excavation of abused childhood in Lynda Barry's What It Is. Looking at the centrality of childish play, fairy tales, and the Gorgon in the protagonist's… Click to show full abstract
ABSTRACT This article investigates the excavation of abused childhood in Lynda Barry's What It Is. Looking at the centrality of childish play, fairy tales, and the Gorgon in the protagonist's effort to cope with maternal abuse, it argues that comics complicate the life narrative and allow the feminist reconfiguration of the monstrous mother of Western psychoanalysis and art.
Keywords:
childhood;
lynda barry;
fairy tales
Journal Title: a/b: Auto/Biography Studies
Year Published: 2017
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Journal Title: a/b: Auto/Biography Studies
Year Published: 2017
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