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rabzia_'s review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
A feminist auto-theory book about the making and unmaking of one’s own body as an archive. Julietta Singh writes through her experiences of recognizing her body as an archive after she is promoted by a quote by Gramsci. Grounded in queer theory, affect theory, by engaging with feminist scholars, and beginning with an engagement in postcolonial scholarship, Singh’s book tackles the desire and fantasy of a self-governing, self-mastering body. Instead, she suggests we are “an infinite history of traces without an inventory”, “trained into gendered forms of articulation”, that is part ghost, part imagined, part inarticulate-able.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Eating disorder, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
Minor: Cancer and Cannibalism
octopus_farmer's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
I don't think I "got" it, but I liked her exploration of her body and trying to archive it while knowing she would fail. She linked things together marvelously.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Excrement, Medical content, Death of parent, and Pregnancy