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Staging an Exilic Autobiography: On the pleasures and frustrations of repetitions and returns
Artist/Author: Natasha Davis and Yana Meerzon | Reference: A0718 | Type: Article

Expanding on the ideas of double wound (Caruth) and nostalgia (Aciman), this article discusses Davis' poetic autobiographic performances as examples of the terror and relief of repeating exilic pain.

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