Performative Selves, Performative Poses - Sorina Chiper

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Performative Selves, Performative Poses: Gertrude Stein, Norman Mailer and Philip Roth as Autobiographers \n \n From Table of Contents: - Performative Beginnings - Autobiographical Selves - Topoi of Life Writing in Performative Literary Experiments - Gertrude Stein, Norman Mailer and Philip Roth as Literary Celebrities. \n The volume approaches American autobiography from the perspective of performative theory, arguing that autobiography is a performative genre - a cultural phenomenon that goes beyond the printed page to the social sphere of the production and circulation of literary texts, wh