«Let the Memories Begin». The Family Photo Album and Contemporary Spanish Autobiography

Authors

  • Ricardo Fernández Romero University of St Andrews

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/Aurora2017.18.7

Keywords:

Autobiography, photography, family album, Carmen Martín Gaite, Paloma Díaz-Mas

Abstract

This article explores the interactions between photography and self-writing in contemporary Spanish autobiography. Through the analysis of autobiographies by Carmen Martín Gaite and Paloma Díaz-Mas, the presence of the family album is revealed as a structural device and as an essential constituent of a dialogue between image and word that transcends the boundaries of Spanish autobiographical writing towards the constitution of experimental hybrid texts, or «imagetext», according to the concept created by W. J. T. Mitchell. 

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Published

2021-02-21

How to Cite

Fernández Romero, R. (2021). «Let the Memories Begin». The Family Photo Album and Contemporary Spanish Autobiography. Aurora. Papeles Del Seminario María Zambrano, (18). https://doi.org/10.1344/Aurora2017.18.7

Issue

No. 18 (2017): María Zambrano. Escritos autobiográficos

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Puentes

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