Reading Jackie Kays The Adoption Papers 1990 1991

Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, Humboldt-University of Berlin (Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: HS Gender and 20th-century Autobiography, language: English, abstract: This seminar paper deals with: "BODY: Reading Jackie Kay’s The Adoption Papers (1990-1991)" INTRODUCTION 1 AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WRITING 2 PODOROGA’S PHENOMENOLOGY OF BODY 3 DAUGHTER’S BODY 3.1 BODY-OBJECT 3.1.1 Wounded body 3.1.2 Dead body 3.1.3 Being touched 3.1.4 Being commanded 3.1.5 Examined body 3.2 BODY-“MY-BODY” 3.3. BODY-AFFECT CONCLUSION