Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0449594

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0449594

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Alien Selves: The Representation of Self-harm in Literature. The phenomenon of self-harm is receiving increasing attention from medical researchers and practitioners, as well as the media. A marker of the increased visibility of self-harm in western cultures is its representation in literature, although this topic has had very little consideration to date. The current project aims to identify and analyse practices of self-harm in contemporary fiction, mainly Australian, focussing on gender and genitalia. It will develop new theoretical approaches to the body and subjectivity as represented in literature, and will engage with both studies of body modification, and medical discourses on practices of self-harm.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2004

End Date: 31-12-2006

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $89,332.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

British And Irish | Literary Studies | North American | Australian And New Zealand |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Studies in human society

Other Keywords

Australian And New Zealand | British And Irish | Literary Studies | North American | Studies in human society

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