![]() ![]() ![]() I argue that this conflict overlapped with her acceptance of a female gender identity. Drawing on a range of concepts taken from psychoanalytic psychosomatics, I suggest that at the heart of the memoir is the author’s bafflement at the repeated and uncanny irruption of a conflict between her body as a somewhat autonomous signifying entity and the psychological strength she seeks and often finds through identifications with family members. When she discovers new things about those relationships, she must register the change through her body in some way. Mantel presents her bodily experiences as primitive, often unconscious, perceptions of the relationships within her family of origin. The interest of the memoir derives from the fact that it provides an exceptionally rich picture of the impact of family life on a child's attitudes towards her own body. This paper offers a reading of Hilary Mantel's memoir, Giving Up The Ghost (2003). ![]()
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