Thanatographical narration in Jane Katjavivi’s memoir Undisciplined Heart

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dc.contributor.authorTjiramanga, Alexandra
dc.contributor.authorPasi, Juliet
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-22T07:45:56Z
dc.date.available2020-06-22T07:45:56Z
dc.date.issued2016-12-14
dc.descriptionPublished articleen_US
dc.description.abstractAutobiographical writing is the narration of one’s own life. This simple act which entails the retrospective narrative in prose has become one of the most contested issues in written discourses. Using Jane Katjavivi’s memoir Undisciplined Heart, this paper explores dying and death and the ways culture impacts care for the dying, the overall experience of dying and how the dead are remembered. In the memoir, life writing is often entwined with stories of death and bereavement. As such, the paper argues that thanatographical and autothanatographical narration are approaches used for therapy purposes. It also posits that life writing is not about resurrecting the dead through language or burying them in a mass of words; rather, it seeks to interpret the myriad of interrelations and interactions that exist between death and culture. Thus, culture operates as a vehicle and medium through which the meaning of death is communicated and understood. This paper concludes that thanatographical narration in Undisciplined Heart, allows Katjavivi to contemplate the loss of her friends, chronicles her struggle with grief and also, supposedly provides conso lation for her loss.en_US
dc.identifier.citationTjiramanga, A., & Pasi, J. (2016). Thanatographical narration in Jane Katjavivi’s memoir Undisciplined Heart. Journal of Namibian Studies : History Politics Culture, 20, 63-78. Retrieved from https://namibian-studies.com/index.php/JNS/article/view/554en_US
dc.identifier.issn2197-5523
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.nust.na/jspui/handle/10628/712
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherOtjivanda Presseen_US
dc.subjectThanatographical narrationen_US
dc.subjectJane Katjavivien_US
dc.subjectAutobiographical writingen_US
dc.subjectautothanatographical narrationen_US
dc.subjectlife writingen_US
dc.subjectdeath and cultureen_US
dc.titleThanatographical narration in Jane Katjavivi’s memoir Undisciplined Hearten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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