Title data
Horn, Katrin:
Of Gaps and Gossip : Intimacy in the Archive.
In: Anglia : Zeitschrift für englische Philologie.
Vol. 138
(2020)
Issue 3
.
- pp. 428-448.
ISSN 0340-5222
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ang-2020-0037
Project information
Project title: |
Project's official title Project's id Ökonomie und Epistemologie von Tratsch in US-amerikanischer Literatur und Kultur des 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhunderts 401052633 |
---|---|
Project financing: |
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
Abstract in another language
Arguing for gossip’s relevance in the archive, this article examines the surviving private material relating to Charlotte Cushman (1816–1876). Cushman was the most celebrated American actress of the nineteenth century yet spent most of her life in an expatriate community in Rome, where she shared her home with other female artists. Analysing letters, diaries, and related forms of life writing by Cushman herself as well as by friends and family, this article pursues two goals: First, it accounts for how a fear of gossip (by Cushman and her family) might have shaped the gaps in the collection concerning Cushman’s sexual and
romantic relationships. Second, it makes the case for the archival traces of gossip as evidence in writing the story of Cushman’s intimate life. The article thus reflects
on the role of gossip and privacy in “intimate archives” (Dever et al. 2010) and contemplates their relevance to Cushman as an insightful case study of LGBTQ history. Overall, this article advocates turning to the archive with a renewed fervour for evidence of intimacy as well as for turning to intimacy for evidence.
Further data
Item Type: | Article in a journal |
---|---|
Refereed: | No |
Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Languages and Literature > Chair American Studies/ Anglophone Literatures and Cultures > Chair American Studies/ Anglophone Literatures and Cultures - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Sylvia Mayer Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Languages and Literature Faculties > Faculty of Languages and Literature > Chair American Studies/ Anglophone Literatures and Cultures |
Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
DDC Subjects: | 800 Literature > 810 American literature in English 900 History and geography > 970 History of North America |
Date Deposited: | 28 Sep 2020 07:29 |
Last Modified: | 26 Oct 2022 06:18 |
URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/57440 |