TY - JOUR
T1 - The Self-Fashioning of Identity
T2 - Incongruity and Self-Fashioning in the Life-Writings of Elsie Knocker
AU - Bonnerjee, Samraghni
PY - 2022/10/18
Y1 - 2022/10/18
N2 - Elsie Knocker was the most photographed woman of the First World War, who also authored numerous (auto)biographies. This article deals with the incongruities in her life-writings and analyses not only why Knocker broke the “autobiographical pact,” but also what the incongruities reveal about feminist self-fashioning in women’s life-writing. Using feminist life-writing theories, this article finally argues that incongruities in Knocker’s (auto)biographies are her means of forging a new identity for herself.
AB - Elsie Knocker was the most photographed woman of the First World War, who also authored numerous (auto)biographies. This article deals with the incongruities in her life-writings and analyses not only why Knocker broke the “autobiographical pact,” but also what the incongruities reveal about feminist self-fashioning in women’s life-writing. Using feminist life-writing theories, this article finally argues that incongruities in Knocker’s (auto)biographies are her means of forging a new identity for herself.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85140101352&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/08989575.2022.2128631
DO - 10.1080/08989575.2022.2128631
M3 - Article
JO - a/b: Auto/Biography Studies
JF - a/b: Auto/Biography Studies
SN - 2151-7290
ER -