This Woman in Particular

Contexts for the Biographical Image of Emily Carr

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Reference, Biography & Memoir, Artists, Architects & Photographers, Nonfiction, Art & Architecture
Cover of the book This Woman in Particular by Stephanie Kirkwood Walker, Wilfrid Laurier University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Stephanie Kirkwood Walker ISBN: 9781554588145
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press Publication: January 27, 2010
Imprint: Wilfrid Laurier University Press Language: English
Author: Stephanie Kirkwood Walker
ISBN: 9781554588145
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Publication: January 27, 2010
Imprint: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Language: English

What happens when an individual becomes the subject of many and divergent portraits?

“Biography,” says Stephanie Kirkwood Walker, “is a deceptive genre. Positioned between fact and fiction and elusive in its purposes, biography displays an individual life, an existence patterned by conventions that have also shaped the reader’s experience.” In This Woman in Particular, Walker explores versions of Emily Carr’s life that have appeared over the last half-century.

Walker contends that the biographical image of Emily Carr that emerges from an accumulation of biographies, films, plays and poetry as well as her own autobiographical writing establishes an elaborated cultural artefact — an “image” that is bound by its very nature to remain forever incomplete and always elusive. She demonstrates how changes in Carr’s biographical image parallel the maturing of Canadian biographical writing, reflecting attitudes toward women artists and the shifting balance between religion, secular attitudes and contemporary spirituality. And she concludes that biography plays a crucial role in all our lives in initiating and sustaining debate on vital personal and collective concerns.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

What happens when an individual becomes the subject of many and divergent portraits?

“Biography,” says Stephanie Kirkwood Walker, “is a deceptive genre. Positioned between fact and fiction and elusive in its purposes, biography displays an individual life, an existence patterned by conventions that have also shaped the reader’s experience.” In This Woman in Particular, Walker explores versions of Emily Carr’s life that have appeared over the last half-century.

Walker contends that the biographical image of Emily Carr that emerges from an accumulation of biographies, films, plays and poetry as well as her own autobiographical writing establishes an elaborated cultural artefact — an “image” that is bound by its very nature to remain forever incomplete and always elusive. She demonstrates how changes in Carr’s biographical image parallel the maturing of Canadian biographical writing, reflecting attitudes toward women artists and the shifting balance between religion, secular attitudes and contemporary spirituality. And she concludes that biography plays a crucial role in all our lives in initiating and sustaining debate on vital personal and collective concerns.

More books from Wilfrid Laurier University Press

Cover of the book Stranger at the Door by Stephanie Kirkwood Walker
Cover of the book Shattering the Illusion by Stephanie Kirkwood Walker
Cover of the book Learn, Teach, Challenge by Stephanie Kirkwood Walker
Cover of the book Leaving Fundamentalism: Personal Stories by Stephanie Kirkwood Walker
Cover of the book Canadian Women in Print, 1750–1918 by Stephanie Kirkwood Walker
Cover of the book Latin American Identities After 1980 by Stephanie Kirkwood Walker
Cover of the book Speaking in the Past Tense by Stephanie Kirkwood Walker
Cover of the book Canadian Graphic by Stephanie Kirkwood Walker
Cover of the book Beyond Bylines by Stephanie Kirkwood Walker
Cover of the book Traditions and Transitions by Stephanie Kirkwood Walker
Cover of the book Jews and French Quebecers by Stephanie Kirkwood Walker
Cover of the book Watermelon Syrup: A Novel by Stephanie Kirkwood Walker
Cover of the book Bodhisattva Doctrine in Buddhism by Stephanie Kirkwood Walker
Cover of the book Making Feminist Media by Stephanie Kirkwood Walker
Cover of the book The Sociology of Mennonites, Hutterites and Amish by Stephanie Kirkwood Walker
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy