In the Darkroom by Susan Faludi as a Story about a Journey to “In-between” Cover Image

W ciemni Susan Faludi – opowieść o wyprawie do „pomiędzy”
In the Darkroom by Susan Faludi as a Story about a Journey to “In-between”

Author(s): Agnieszka Izdebska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, American Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: filial narratives; post-memory literature; biography; identity; transition

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes In the Darkroom by Susan Faludi as representing filial narratives – biographies of a parent reconstructed and told by a son or a daughter, as well as post-memory literature – a reflection of the inherited trauma mediated by generational successors. The text demonstrates spatial entanglements in which the author’s father made his metamorphosis: from a Hungarian Jew, István Friedman, through an American photographer Steven Faludi, to a Hungarian woman, pensioner and patriot Stef´anie Faludi. Thus, the paper reconstructs the threads present in this book – a combination of geographical and historical contexts determining the individual identity choices made by each of us.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 61-76
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish