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Personal profile
Biography
Mary Besemeres is the author of Translating One's Self: Language and Selfhood in Cross-Cultural Autobiography (Peter Lang, 2002) and refereed articles and book chapters on translingual and cross-cultural autobiography. With Anna Wierzbicka, she co-edited Translating Lives: Living with Two Languages and Cultures (UQP, 2007). She was founding co-editor, with Maureen Perkins, of the Routledge journal Life Writing, and now serves on its editorial board.
Research Interests
Cross-cultural autobiography, contemporary life writing, bilingualism and migrant experience, travel writing, language, culture and emotion.
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Australian Multilingual Literature in the Twenty-First Century: A Survey
Besemeres, M., 6 Sept 2024, In: Journal of Literary Multilingualism. 2, 2, p. 270-288 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
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Transcultural Perspectives in Journalist Memoirs of Growing Up with Non-Anglo Migrant Parents
Besemeres, M., May 2024, In: Journal of Australian Studies. 48, 2, p. 230-247 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Translingual Memoir
Besemeres, M., 2022, The Routledge Handbook of Literary Multilingualism. S. G. K. N. L. (ed.). 1st ed. New York: Routledge, Vol. 1. p. 3-17Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › peer-review
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Waltzing St Kilda: Writing in Polish in Australia
Besemeres, M. & Williams, K., 2021, In: Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature. 21, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Literary Ambitions: The Polish-Language Press in Australia
Kwapisz Williams, K. & Besemeres, M., 2020, Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 127-149 23 p. (Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Anglos Abroad: Memoirs of Immersion in a Foreign Language and Culture
11/03/08 → 31/03/10
Project: Research