"Do the Write Thing": Writing Schizophrenia in Singapore. (2nd January 2021)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- "Do the Write Thing": Writing Schizophrenia in Singapore. (2nd January 2021)
- Main Title:
- "Do the Write Thing": Writing Schizophrenia in Singapore
- Authors:
- Holden, Philip
- Abstract:
- Abstract: This essay examines two recent memoirs of schizophrenia in Singapore: Chan Lishan's A Philosopher's Madness and Danielle Lim's The Sound of Sch . The narratives, through the memoir form, question voice, agency, and self-making in a society in which colonial governing rationalities have now transformed into national and neoliberal ones.
- Is Part Of:
- Auto/biography studies. Volume 36:Number 1(2021)
- Journal:
- Auto/biography studies
- Issue:
- Volume 36:Number 1(2021)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 36, Issue 1 (2021)
- Year:
- 2021
- Volume:
- 36
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2021-0036-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 161
- Page End:
- 181
- Publication Date:
- 2021-01-02
- Subjects:
- Singapore -- memoir -- life writing -- schizophrenia -- madness
Autobiography -- Periodicals
Autobiography
Periodicals
920.005 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/raut20 ↗
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/abs ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/08989575.2020.1775981 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0898-9575
- Deposit Type:
- Legaldeposit
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- British Library DSC - 0537.005900
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