The Piddock Clam Collective, .;
(2022)
Wrack Writing (Selections).
Feminist Review
, 130
(1)
pp. 115-119.
10.1177/01417789211062208.
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Abstract
How does one write—about bodies, sensations, the more-than-human world—in the midst of, and in response to, the mounting devastation that settler colonial capitalism continues to wreak on lands, waters and relationships? Theodor Adorno’s (1983 [1967], p. 34) diversely interpreted statement that ‘to write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric’ resonates strongly at the current moment: what does it mean to write, and especially to write beautifully, in conditions that are permeated with colonial violence and capitalist devastation? How do we, as feminist writers, imagine our words as witnessing, or even as politicising, these violences? How can feminist lyrical writing sharpen our longing for justice rather than serve as an alibi for continued dispossession and commodification (including the commodification of our writing in the neoliberal university)? Are there practices of writing self-consciously ‘in the wrack zone’ that might help us develop new forms, processes and conversations to inspire and narrate reflection and resistance?
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Wrack Writing (Selections) |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/01417789211062208 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1177%2F01417789211062208 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > SELCS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10148089 |
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