Hair Autobiography
Author Identifier (ORCID)
Donna J Mazza: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1135-5187
Abstract
Research Background: This work is an autobiography covering forty years in 500 words using an experimental structure and focusing on hair as an outward symbol of youth and self-esteem. It is a feminist piece which considers hair as an emblem that responds to different stages of life, both in its own shifts and behaviour and our treatment of it. The author set a challenge to her practice by attempting to depict 40 years of life in 500 words, and thereby stretch the limits of compression within the form by using a list-story structure.
Document Type
Book Chapter
Date of Publication
2024
Publication Title
Three Can Keep a Secret: Flash Fiction by Western Australian Writers
Publisher
Night Parrot Press
School
School of Arts and Humanities
RAS ID
72372
Comments
Mazza, D. (2024). Hair autobiography. In Three Can Keep a Secret Flash Fiction by Western Australian Writers(pp. 151-192). Night Parrot Press. https://www.nightparrotpress.com/product/three-can-keep-a-secret-flash-fiction-by-western-australian-writers-pre-order-now/